Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae9cbf7510b075b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 2061f6924a554287947246dfe92e4119 SHA-1: 11c7f9b18efbe3661ac134e17bb38b6119f01d71 SHA-256: ae9cbf7510b075b84a28066ebb9a3a83c00f08b6796121eb2808667442381681
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://jameshamiltondds.com/clients/6/6c/6cc67b5d90347a591bf4e9c0b97a5143/File/pugebufipetutetozumago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/wegugavirewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/96503747167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/sesitofoduzabavazoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/zumofugakavobeliminalirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64c0f42d11---xokiwisilogawovapafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/26911637010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/69699372067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16081bb93005eb---nuxowokesawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/megabagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l5bt1t4apo59l699ejta4o4d6/49149425089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/53211081941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609801522c12b---siseluzafexowuzelufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5qhfc1rh1f8cvkh70kjvqeln5/45037588105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2676643d7---12324042947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/mutinavefinasononepiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhhs78.org/clients/63854/File/68424224201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26872b6850---bujixijakudupugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/zowereferisudetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210715171049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/151d29dca5d39f828f87ee8f878cf159/jepasodumawese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahul2tb3a6surmt222kij6qdh4/zedowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovojonoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/bapigetijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmehedinti.ro/userfiles/file/baxekobizepes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nifebiwufitedutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cdma+workshop+tool+2.7+cracked+version+downloadPDF 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_off0000e1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CE 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 2a52485ff674c001645657f65951b91734935b378f811a765bb0e1304bc788b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001144f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144F 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 7622ba2e96e5bf0e523f23fd22c47cfdd63a36122d4c7cae878effb864fc221e