Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae6f0d95eabfc620…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 22:23:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fe05fbd7fcf5df3124479080038e3cc5 SHA-1: 6637a26e0679ec6f788a1d4d3153bfd24c9095fa SHA-256: ae6f0d95eabfc6204a91f90447e75cbfa0ad260043e8736befcad8b77c8cf78b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+eat+corned+beef PDF link annotation
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d365b1f08d6---sefipusuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab68d5df174---12642637134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b1da2da1d---tujanazalovamowuwadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/mugulusivuzuronuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/dajudizelirofizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/givozavufiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/lufabolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg50yrs.com/clients/6/6d/6dc66c997efb3e4e8ce6e6e7d0694e91/File/95455467118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca54a56a78d2a14cfb9c7bb2c4c7fe8c/93584114882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c7686dea3a2625a66e283e1d9a73a5/jemidelirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/makeximevuwuziligomosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pd5l76ga4sr0cedvghkfnj806g/63445580636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8ae382a6f8a2e19e7b3a212a31cc946/rusopijuwelotigigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titanemarosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63010090007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092274f949e2---vexewapesezizedorebowaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aee64b5cd5f6f1b023c63bbbc4fdf74/vuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/32744524816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7165ec68cd5b970d31d8ace86a3e06e4/98426877608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h51hdv2v17fmussma0e3er6a6u/6777174928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages//files/tozirexupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/76264904283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/gokosebebiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunwisechem.com/Uploadfiles/files/duzujawudegotiriteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eadd22f409---83496370704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012152.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12152 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 79acc5783b36b0d43a2c5c7a5ee1d1641761584536c24f05c47cb9fae7a8d90c
font_01_sfnt_off000138ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138EF 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 377769b6c470fcb7fc2a54cb3c4c101d43491cb3ac433ba6afb76bb2d1c3246f
font_02_sfnt_off0001681f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1681F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1