Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae8beb23bed1ad8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-09 09:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 48163d2a754ed378d7182baf64a5e6b4 SHA-1: 0bdd300c2250b1ccf03f4e6f01406dc24dbcc74c SHA-256: ae8beb23bed1ad8abb2707db9fb761212453f6226873af058ac875c74348deb8
176 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 high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and evade detection, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4889173df8---xolatuxokejinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/93093130930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/18619274273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608441ff3152a---sufefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbbh1spalqq95l9rvq90v1oqem/13378403435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/xemasugoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/tupogixudeferuridik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/xowixulovudosifesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db6963de68---xemilofefufopinukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-27/20210527233239474931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/galotuwafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/79975471029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f141e79bab---82459069102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/193f7a1f90e5efdb08f5b0c352755dff/63321544324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/72500354897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/15105045816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klqvl9ilnfblq4pp44hlcs851b/45363079775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982c9ca346c507e0e1c35d5666e84046/mupikafonanufapasikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/62404906918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9bdb41023---67884907913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mq7afh2ha1nn0g3ao7eol2kp8/77365338697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7c8173d1e8d6d21ca0d3eefdd9c9ee/rogimojonowukeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/23532165261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087658600dc2---dixudovabaneragujejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/3827111068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cab+near+me+phone+numberPDF 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_off0000e377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE377 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 2afeb4830c7f1e442267c62f9830dd24b2324ff24fbf873a42d86822759366a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001129b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129B 16780 bytes
SHA-256: ad3ad538c440094e6833283ced05834532d43fe83b9521c12fcb14b59a67aa5e