Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae5aef2a2e0f159a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:34:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ef33afd269f330849f7b08d039006d96 SHA-1: f2be7750663d8801ae750a72dca884f6d4b2f617 SHA-256: ae5aef2a2e0f159a1594ba722c2bd489cbe53e0e305a26d7d0651b2452db969e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that likely lead to phishing pages or malware downloads. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports its role in distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cde1ba83db---sodujotofobinitof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o02q6pmo3kclkcl9cp0b6t3rr3/sitorodovorovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/1123721378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/21075853451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/tedejodidam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/xigakubalumanetejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/11478691504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/20817531833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/zotimonikazikufejiwupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083165b4d5ec---denawuboko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/vevelugakujuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelbilet.ru/sites/default/files/file/19196609897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/wulavajuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/64161978761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/bomujolevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/30356353901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/67982125956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780eb028e13---gesojovarajotefexolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ab480f645042aadc0ba8733c9d1a16/banuruxisupesuvufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/goxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/47829677971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/dopedoteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b33c43a977ab6a51da6c9ee0af2648/vadudorelaverofamevalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/xokijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/fisobimevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/73421301038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=other+names+for+santa+claus+around+the+worldPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE340 10860 bytes
SHA-256: f0a04b4a414baa2453305e047469e893423d0cd93487e777fbe77af0d9e894ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC43 18732 bytes
SHA-256: ebef163501493859632e9a0f8bee1409d253c09c06cacfae6f26abed3fc1f7ca
font_02_sfnt_off00012c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1