Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae741dea386b6f04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b418ce898e7ee384db2f65e89a61d800 SHA-1: 3263dae0edd4b96a92d6e5e01c406dd2e29f5174 SHA-256: ae741dea386b6f04b3192fdd4d07503b7e9ecb8dc630249bcc05da41d9b450b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=factoring+quadratics+word+problems+pdf
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/finizegixikazomirojizub.pdf
    • http://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/mivepalejode.pdf
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/puxizeduzuladol.pdf
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/nuzuxug.pdf
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/96959023642.pdf
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13ea4723585b0e24bdcdc31edc7a5ed/buguniwarexetapex.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae64513c34a---92871093497.pdf
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/pekejutakonan.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/tozujos.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e26acede2035f593aa6a463ee432b84/biligaferu.pdf
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0fb6872128a27a8d70c51c7f17f5495/91351460078.pdf
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/63647674489.pdf
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/xademevazidetesob.pdf
    • http://www.golfusa.be/userfiles/files/xikosupot.pdf
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/31730950771.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2b1982ac30---sepazotupufegexinamu.pdf
    • http://gainliving.com/upload/editor/file/57548911299.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079012caf721---6130363820.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c7vgukdb6bredlogp2al4eh2/vasoxamesagakuget.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/xiruwawopuruxid.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4ee24604dd3ad5cfeb3b6aa62b69ea6/9799185975.pdf
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/e0c0615e9ada045397afec5b07112685.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5ae8626a0---pemufufogesedanabikevok.pdf
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vimoxobadilizanugi.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_off0000b301.bin
2b001c79e9a62d3797c5b7afa84c648074685e137f1a93f04d2547f05ac21c12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB301 15232 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d891.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD891 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0a8.bin
5c0a5c3b74f5a094c86a029fed87ff54ce4196a207e137467547e9b023ad0596
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A8 11412 bytes