Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aedc824e855c8b92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:37:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 044e83500cfd03cf44a5605e7e55f9c3 SHA-1: cd12b8bf5d6ea5acec6dbbc41bd338c64df5c70d SHA-256: aedc824e855c8b92bac213b8a82e024cca80fe8ed113e37acd90e81e2f01efc0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PRC/3D content and duplicate object bodies are also suspicious indicators. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mancmelou+kolac+najbolji+recept PDF link annotation
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ce000018c---lizemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/83895325822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents//files/73407932646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/82163174918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/kobonurotegalipelanuviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/340d330558a68763c9474bedfff258b3/49451637230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906e33ad81b---65692356321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd14c4b5f2---vokupenufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6g5cnvh33r63jc38nr53i5ou1/mifujinuvagemomuripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4a58vsgau4n2a46rurm4973f4/lovalulamexulapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/60498207333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbe4101891---xukexaveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f6fdf0cf0e6ac5643db2617cc1d4d12/wejimabogokewaviwuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5c827378---40504328411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8834f7eef3969979f6c8bcd8479dc64/19177744167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgmqcl0uvvusjs66i5r9gmqbfl/nujowuxowanomejexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/87595764196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/foxojabopifedudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776ca107543---xadariwibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53b8lhtkgdet83sv6ogkvbh0a0/nusiligesidaninefufobuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caissedesecolesdu5eme.fr/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96456136589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs1964.com/clients/2/20/2030ff4f331b14c2016b95997514b7ac/File/rolulotizamokisadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/lebidivelesunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f41d4920b---47889603528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073468dc5d61---43006742650.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_off0000e340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE340 17188 bytes
SHA-256: c468190650feb3af9441a3604d2eb50b3117509dfd91b02e2a25be116ff03ee8
font_01_sfnt_off00010e48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001265f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265F 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 4c03028d230a716452910e73eda6cff850974a63e6fa589d3b97144b7d1812fc