Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae6c470ae65336b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:24:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d8a2f2b68094ba59f5bf1f42d9110134 SHA-1: 3d621ed73554108e7a0f057c4cf4fe4bd731d6ef SHA-256: ae6c470ae65336b8e8a9c420becad9a3e59388c5c7b8d38a7ce7525e0b28e331
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL indicates a direct IP address link, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+subtraction+worksheets+for+1st+grade
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b4fe135a61b82b695543a44bcee977/rofilirulal.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855665698b0---vivite.pdf
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/13029633069.pdf
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/96135275294.pdf
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/74765467753.pdf
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/tiduxexotaxefugodefoxela.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a530b1307681a676e334cc2c163004d/68175982752.pdf
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/xamibixoxowagokovo.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cd67b7239---7861961851.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/xubonudukitisajus.pdf
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/posejebib.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c9503cf7ac---danazukovovomiradizus.pdf
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafonugexatosudefajilepik.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/69434607917.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d79d870ac---vixegurudetewaj.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be68bbc73a0---timoxenefujikavituk.pdf
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c5434bcad4bf315f5407e6e912bc077/fapekebonan.pdf
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30540486328.pdf
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/1760101505.pdf
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e5a93b8e06---wonilevuzuzikiw.pdf
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/genifalosofukexobejakup.pdf
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210728_110816.pdf
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/lagawewawojipoxolu.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/kodaru.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_off0000d449.bin
d520b53db84f34bf322a83e09fecb9652cc59f62bd0532bc38d2ceba1ad28981
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD449 17592 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000101a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000119ba.bin
edb25ee16cdf7a732f8bd00ef5fd8702be95fcded60e2d0034901f592c8a49da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BA 11172 bytes