Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caae48b4a28a7777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:34:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bc750e7329d76dcb7d6e5217ee315365 SHA-1: 393d39b05bd996c0f5bf6900886e9fb4487a61d1 SHA-256: caae48b4a28a77775d3823ca1b7f8b752b4ff1eea33deabe7fbd7ba5021c4ea8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The heuristics also indicate an urgency/payment lure, consistent with phishing or scam attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/tafej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981b3671e6e---totakigutukabisuroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/50275451813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/jegavotorapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melvin.cz/data/lutamugesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8f08f23d74885fb18caafa422c930d/69413757933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/93328623719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ef4c59e8ba0d9dd7f3244dac6bb234d/xelasirarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/sajopetedude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/92802236614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a9cf95b4db8314b78d94eedd1e5a90/26457169933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/nivekufudobalulevikebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9556b25c0da08303eec206de11b3cc84/xarizalafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/kunewewolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf1a39e8533ae0531f33d9ac64a1d38a/fozuzenugurivuravajavujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/puwajagatewawuliwajabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4321a84f5a---27125649455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/41034857440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/rizoguwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abaefea24185f9dc895f685452fcad13/94346581382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qf3uvm67cfflog6j2s1ced5bh3/2837441191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/kipupigozofadevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=demand+for+payment+pdfPDF 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_off0000e183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE183 18924 bytes
SHA-256: 9d05b7f0bf356efd71b2ee90e4d9035e2eee1172fbe5f73b5d1d1d9acec2e4a8
font_01_sfnt_off00011291.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11291 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA8 10468 bytes
SHA-256: ca261826111ff5d2e1cb20bf1136d1f0c18e15d2ae96cca5b39a02cb9ea196bd