Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aebac532eb24b322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:13:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 32375ca1054c8c82eafb0ec6a966ade2 SHA-1: b2b81280f6ba9de799710048b77dedc4162bfb6c SHA-256: aebac532eb24b322b5918bec90f85296346b24913127e09f016d030a973f410b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+s21+live+wallpaper+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334ad477712---xafesafazusare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/tibowavegerurudidara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117144d13d083d8c5238fb98c2f26415/16072948526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/41983842430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/4431252521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/83294067348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nedimgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zurusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebc441dfa0---puvumotekanasebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/rusavigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/12589133542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/4524906131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icnj.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazoxugesiboronagaxesemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a4505bbefb31f7a900c2f652a6b47f/saxogatelaripanopaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/kavakaridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/zatirulofig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millinerandassoc.com/files/file/32024278755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/55562546500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/gewavolodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39674906593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6777539591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gs-metals.com/filespath/files/20210904113120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/lopuvabanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/6831960013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/32928854659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f1f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F5 17656 bytes
SHA-256: a26b15922f7b50b24cc7c46d16a45200c46d03df9940dc1e9a12023b1d8c1f7c
font_01_sfnt_off00012006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12006 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 955e8528e59ddb64e369787cedb21cc0f43a79b79b12a316c1ecca90171f5ed2
font_02_sfnt_off00013a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1