Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aede4b351b530671…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9a08221694eba6f5e27b31c89b5c6f3c SHA-1: 749ac3ca3e723ad079674c3caf470bda954495eb SHA-256: aede4b351b530671949be2bd7e48fdc24c9fbaa68d691a03ea5bf12b89de4b03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by the presence of numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=management+of+ectopic+pregnancy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683d6f68d95388537fa483a4b6e3d59d/47797292663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nv3in9ehgv8ro8hfafalhuauu1/80799805405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f6f0ce61a2802ee3a10879426a3756/vevagoviviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/64550181882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvhm9p5o4cgsluad3f94hliig2/39116198821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/mutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e9d7efd12---4634485655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087428612d52---kikuxakaruzobenisozenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telifikijelesadafetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ca6faf30e---pipenenageda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/dimozuperarukabunikogeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854a977f002---fewalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/7702540566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/gudapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/zafilolivelilidupomutefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playindiano1.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88600452988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14fe15f7ecfc1e146547654acb11311/5382953752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b12f73090---wobomoxaveragozijusele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/20586450565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/xekezuzijomoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/womilivefibuboxatowonuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/4527881099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenstadt-apotheke.com/userfiles/file/vaxinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7429da03d916cc99da4d44436219cf82/daladotawujexusas.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_off00017875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17875 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00019087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19087 20336 bytes
SHA-256: 16c3dd80cdfd9eb9d9a5dd64650887cad4810d0b282ecee0f41a566fb642d9e8
font_02_sfnt_off0001c60c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C60C 10856 bytes
SHA-256: e7491e83eb241890918b1c506853d098b265886b38bc663f41564be8b131d20d