Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae8d46ccfe60661c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 09:47:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3f27c4e3f8c763a751768d60cba33803 SHA-1: 93dfc5c61eaf1e31a6dc13d3ebbdc1808ed465d9 SHA-256: ae8d46ccfe60661cbd586c00536479b5aa3e60aa5592829bbbb7a6d8f7b31132
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, designed to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://computerdoki.hu/user/file/28691751740.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202109/file/1631113372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/vibixanujaravoraferuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18042225019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130af71506f6---vizazewidezabokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/ladezerufukabevesovura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e90cd175c---48316064365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5c8677a5d---vufekezopasazejiduvowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac65840f29a27831ad74cad93b33bc1/kigamigodadeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogevazetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/nusororakuwevula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuyu.010bi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikejetuketevisopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/mizegesefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koresetinozuberix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f03fd34434---voxifuzonabatonaleruwetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202193025398598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basundharamart.com/userfiles/file/lafixabijapukojapumetiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613138cb5ef78---vizoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/gozabaxerepariwibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/72578281987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86265404200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/64919000838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/93222399734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+free+fire+game+under+50+mb+new+updatePDF 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_off0000c14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC14B 11256 bytes
SHA-256: eca0f61c2e5e89e5efef6381d3e20e2639b8dfb6122c52d6aabca836158cd4f4
font_01_sfnt_off0000db51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF363 18192 bytes
SHA-256: f791b9204f75a9001353a76fd8f998c56771e7c333f95e0209741b3d381cacd1