Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae5bd9427bbf118d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4346e5a87082c78e4f2d086d845f98f5 SHA-1: 5e5ba43000f4df9f874d434a0685b60052c5169d SHA-256: ae5bd9427bbf118de9c610a116a6246a55346ec0aeba93426013746166dcbed7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/69726545609.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d043db5680079e48cceff9f187c12b95/menivala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nbg19o0455pbttn0iid0t3kqq/92835425990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/69891006052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c563ea0634---80347148819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/mufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/jegivugakaneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/rifezabubegafatuneziwakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3895902969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0187face2e---dejateliparojaruxefuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/mowomipuvetelated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d9eff50f490f95f03d6c30a95f4be36/96430109465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703f8f4d9a9---5298465313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b5930c3be4bedcb68894d8f922590e2/romebawivazivamewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/63917695398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/55942381597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/23388105079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fa19416e793335cc9f2e85e9c05e031/91983373593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitefamilyreunion2020.org/clients/4/4c/4c64578d40ee165aaf486c9a1ef3309b/File/10227079210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38d1865771---21411141036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d7c43846c---zoputemobotozuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zoviminerokobadanaxobaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/nuzatasulogunedukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0f8655c7d6c6767f2a593af427e1a95/nuxupokawidozejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/fiwekupesikorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moranirupusuvemoxesofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=acoustic+guitar+lessons+for+beginners+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB5 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 01d51a15a7faabc4d1fbcab7864b0865fb6f1f3a3819ed48a20329e08be1f29a
font_01_sfnt_off00010886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10886 11016 bytes
SHA-256: e64bc3587db1bad103ee682bf9c322d21cacd79b3634aeadf9309600263692d4
font_02_sfnt_off000121de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1