Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae8703eeec9f64e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-08-30 11:22:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 4e961759913818d2144b3c5bdd9d2915 SHA-1: 5ab3dd4a598c1cbe3130c9a0e95ebd1fe804d0ee SHA-256: ae8703eeec9f64e16078d86d699de199ddfa0b9a000a74c62a1d521eec350b4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of external URIs and a link farm indicates a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://forssh.com/userfiles/file/8278617825.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/lokebefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/gujepipelujatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/gugali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607387989a441---81375526437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/vukojuvibejugason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/950f157266a30552843a98b7dbe6d8f4/besoxuwikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagedomawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c6f9741b3aefe8128d29a3a3d8f5a55/kizamakawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fee88362ee---sijanogivuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pieseautocomenzi.ro/userfiles/file/kaxerewepijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f15112d0f20eb42d93fe0f89e288afe/zugomalujuvebotugiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dd03c0ca0c---bukoxidevidigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2dbc09cf39dc5bbd8243d546f4c121/bipulenejedidajilefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e249d3800c374dd70315726bd1de3a74/30094940788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b905926be724c8f465ba8c5ef85a0f/domawabenewugakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/4717953046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/divimusefawirulegirivufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nh8pfn4e6nphjid0jdau78hql/givojibusepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/furodozefedumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19c92370c24480a1f7a96e085431569/wedadabukijikemomojatiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58935cc3633ba99d6191e9d06cbcf771/44209481705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f548ccc42c0acc0d6560d0653ddbb93/66709730177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=financial+accounting+2+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000d195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD195 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 09fee95764d6b8f6c99bb6f7c1aaf626a836c0f7170ac4de0360c8e0280bfc1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BA 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 3765d2644df738e0258db802de08b661b2b9549d7bee2c3c6ce3065b4e58a6d6