Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae70ed97ffec13a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:37:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4d13cfd36104313adbfda509a93da1de SHA-1: 1b94d418ef5283207ec013a36bbaa75cf40931f4 SHA-256: ae70ed97ffec13a0aca4a8920d43caf7f4f0e538958785147a654c303966fbd7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple external URIs and link farms, with one URL specifically mentioning 'explorer file manager pro apk', suggesting a lure for a software download. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade initial security scans. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=explorer+file+manager+pro+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/jenuvugosokeduganonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f103df45aa9d89461162c2d4c783bbec/31746704295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancheng-medical.com/uploadfile/files/wunomesilafelivepulawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/purejujitofezurovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/kowofexopebapisejujatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/gagube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/70158945076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/kifalebupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2cb4146bf---6881160447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aid-calais.com/userfiles/file/kituwunaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382896c4b54---10385772192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/66447822501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131db3d5fa54---41935562268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f80563c716---momegufatajage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49347948281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bffcd39395c395bb16c6f76ac3211539/43535411784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32977795539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukagakimamofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf5bmhr1sum3u7qn0ebr0pb1d3/39123256595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/51945443993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12523665212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/borazezonozuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnictitddtbiknhbnpk50l00er/55292141742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/boxixawapujexabibuxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/72668056952.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_off0000e315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE315 17232 bytes
SHA-256: ab9848c694900c60d124827631d7ba886988086ed73a04811a1464498b7c97ef
font_01_sfnt_off00010f87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F87 10612 bytes
SHA-256: d0f5d55e7970241ce040362ad620718f6c555600f376c089833a0c607006550d
font_02_sfnt_off000127ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1