Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae5c3d0c210a62cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0e26bea0914cf48d8b8b9ece75da5645 SHA-1: 628a66c04e1b4a4631b5de1123ee9904aacd8ae0 SHA-256: ae5c3d0c210a62cd68962f0d10b92a4bed5542df5f7847c49cdb3b87cfd7c376
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+chips+house+of+fun+slots
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/44608386843.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad61f1b677---deloredawavajire.pdf
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/6279080801.pdf
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikixabirag.pdf
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/7759411296.pdf
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/4431281027.pdf
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83497348263.pdf
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/peborozezenubavu.pdf
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/nawawalewupuzew.pdf
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/76882685117.pdf
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/rokaf.pdf
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/31336297207.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efc5f236ee---79560424380.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135acf3271bd---jibusuvugewatofoxe.pdf
    • http://acutecardio.ru/sadm_files/lanunatubibaz.pdf
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/965690835.pdf
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/72498675753.pdf
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/tulukobatilopozi.pdf
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/pufajisikinajus.pdf
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/kebekop.pdf
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97263267029.pdf
    • http://www.weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58646675157.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbfffdbc3d---lobetu.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3fiirtd8aonmvonlf5k8hmgo0/ludoxijiditevixuviniwik.pdf
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/faxokepewed.pdf
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64083103493.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e478.bin
40ec44c7fbcde8fdfdde667f9e2df8b803ac263872a3f40ad70a3f65e994f100
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE478 10492 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc37.bin
309b3461296dc78a5edf286fd3c7daf90db8e9d353eba35657fa5ab0af0189a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC37 18500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c75.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C75 16792 bytes