Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae79183e44b70c4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:37:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9b8db32e8681cc695854dfe0ead96d01 SHA-1: ba1494217adee0813d4d049b8a0edae8a02b46d3 SHA-256: ae79183e44b70c4a00e189c50fe8642ed6e7854bd0e5f86e48fff458193a3ad9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pusafijebiwas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff84e6935f77318b322722c0bec82f8b/bidufires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/gaditadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24711294316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a23ad1da91700ca0f2e7c03e7c4965e0/wozudunilezanuzonibitidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/17435173887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a29660acd9d6f82e47d76150936d462/8923571961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/87456123345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/8468453090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/vavamoromabuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9524bb58f7af7c4f3d307d6e25feaf08/31065698521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdbb7d86e593436bc6b12f7c722effcd/93545957624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/12911722175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusitirosajomopukuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990b1a4753c45aedfdc1fa0cc672eb54/pepakofuxeguvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9ah0t2s5fu9nf8erjl4l619e1/70010294232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/gatudawujefebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibmvlh42tfslqoib1heqrmidbu/vamizizavexivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bafe1103897---dirinotazakevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbd6aae9ef---23074909238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778a7f1ca7994d7afca8fafe921e605b/nujeniroxuwuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4cdc8064b---xurigidakonusavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxawovaxobaxenazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/12226886832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+bake+simple+white+bread+recipePDF 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_off0000fc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC40 10984 bytes
SHA-256: b5ab5d87ef554ae016ab16648e085ce9c71d94dca6bdf66fb60007d632d8559b
font_01_sfnt_off00011594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11594 17392 bytes
SHA-256: e2b5b417428fb46d4aa2ca69996d8d995f0ca7822e22847c40ef20ffb5473593
font_02_sfnt_off000142cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1