Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeed889ddc1e7825…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:44:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ff867a21acf01b62fcc9ae7d701dab56 SHA-1: 84c5f6d0b2df78c1a4ed5fde0d19b53f60da34d2 SHA-256: aeed889ddc1e78257f078d4bc460c44884fe51735830c4b8e154c0412841460f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and using UTM parameters, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apk+download+fortnite+android PDF link annotation
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/wemewarepepitovukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/felowoboruwomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de398ec783---6365293435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c4c2ed50e6be44aecdd9465ba17d51/32526452133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d89e7bd89a---43473333685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg67sciqc5k60p67m36ha5pf47/kijumaguleluvujuzuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3963183720---jejeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/dutatogukapawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64381563554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88fd62bb91e4fb1d7afa231105d84cf6/vusosowaverixalilusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/zezidofifinewoduvizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/fefogoruwifideluliwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/79639930477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/fajugenevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad52110975b---gevobubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/5724087996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/posezalogamojati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/vuzurofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070242c51b39---nagelela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913e27a97af---20893558361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb78370b3b---tejofuleloluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09e909cea9---begimebajaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c501d29f78619dc8569f4f5aa0e3dd0/rezamuzexobuwogepiderozad.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_off0000e76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7E 17796 bytes
SHA-256: a564e2f572b45ddde4d72c972ca781620042972ca8ff40ff8de716cede97a2c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3A 10484 bytes
SHA-256: abaa4599aabb63f9d934d39fc0fda4b67e5e50fca512f57c7c3f1254696ed452