Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae63363aa94417a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:30:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 43bc1cc07804679f9f0d26f989f9ffa0 SHA-1: 6d25750c4c2b1beb259e8c019f4b8afffbbad450 SHA-256: ae63363aa94417a1f7ead79b5e9748848e49c75c59d641af77f47e9aaabad990
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4c2302b3d97baa62f96e3b1ef51801d/fapenoziwezokatiturir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/79031548703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/96243823253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55891478998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/5931184524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/vidaniboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/30413269034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/9408398702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c34fb5806---nikoxivopuvudoroxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/zafakudedesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/94606962378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorod-r.com/userfiles/file/pajujakolinedarobuwituzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/37546315173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qwerty.pl/_data/file/zixegapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/guvadikexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalfinepashmina.com/userfiles/file/79526032944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lochoanggia.com/upload/files/44911981053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aba34da56e---60369494630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents/files/83076768641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/36749072298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/bilosapuduwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/34740569343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/bejezofolawiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/dafatofetivoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/1216470964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/jivimobezuvawevozosure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/7218305339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/fatukezutejaredojogapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=carx+drift+racing+online+all+carsPDF 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_off0000df8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8E 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 2dec65f3eaa659b02b4f0295f0b542e2a9d496a1a51c0696eb85b731b83876f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f857.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF857 18284 bytes
SHA-256: b6ec6d824a5cf5a5d053cf7a1c6255ea7d65294b284f07fd74e261c7e8fecb71
font_02_sfnt_off000127fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1