Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae7378b86f063146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:04:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a73c84522c159d86486d053d267bb86e SHA-1: 3912e72425a4f69f342770d869b4147418a3afa9 SHA-256: ae7378b86f063146bce36d27f2f9151070637928d44af72b532f5253e0f5c51d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains JavaScript actions and numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' suggests a phishing or tech-support scam context. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing lure or a second-stage payload via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700d8cdd2bdb75a9dea3dddc75c538f7/masifizurewesok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lmnn.ru/userfiles/file/nagivumuwovopije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/14143411349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/dilexabubiwogazesudakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchisapa.com/userfiles/image/file/36224692982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135285d866ab---59188142327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/3542101662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yujinpharma.com/upload/files/tamavebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/porazitosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43875092818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/siguvufogunonapewufemizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/32619509012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1f54920b4---60076782447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/pigosumabuwigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420211b152e---17752643631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/56616642546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631259341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142483275754---disaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210904073808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevjegyzek.eu/uploads/file/devujimikuvuxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/bizuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/48606852055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/87709062733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/geruvuvogokaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvumufukigudase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+edit+excel+sheet+in+android+mobilePDF 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_off0000df1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1E 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 02c5098617d174421a1b1f376fdfad3a3ede88e422ad32c46b0546e80e760c50
font_01_sfnt_off0000f856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF856 17136 bytes
SHA-256: ae189f3e960c40c21150f473d76adf76833e879130df088502a68b603d257582
font_02_sfnt_off00012496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12496 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1