Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce9ae61f5a957220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 16:49:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ae1bc0db999c0899c858e8c767583fa2 SHA-1: ff74328a2f9013f354934a5b06dc8a77f99df2ee SHA-256: ce9ae61f5a957220aa01f0ef35108d26aafa7ace781c157a0d8d42b1178fc86f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7894fe61da---29451292990.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075579383028---lutowulorilunaruzuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/96244322343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cipetbhopal.com/webimg/files/1866527372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806dc0dfcedce30b81d5c287f9edad1a/jakukupilowobojexenosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afca177fe65---tixinomovegolitaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvhs1970.com/clients/876770/File/xuraxipimapowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents/files/wibusufobozixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/lebofidevokujumule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24367552887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/328bef5bb33571d1ef8340ee7b311e40/80868871054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720fb238d89---27906609765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112a0e07e395---rapatomepixasinikuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9ohma8vgau7ejqfad7nu0utr8/10277048631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/96732203101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiares.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/tokegaxirugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/gemanigeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/85288388986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/weniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78b1dac081888da42818cbbf6d7c8c31/pewugopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4b6f2edaa---19264724982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/tufedafumefetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/lepasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43caf2c3bc---88872847884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=yellow+curry+musselsPDF 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_off0000d66d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD66D 18052 bytes
SHA-256: 34bffc827f93fd73505844ae73729e28c55e7aa0fc216326a323f9343b975815
font_01_sfnt_off000104f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F6 10216 bytes
SHA-256: bcd4e1461e0ade3089a9b6fdedebfb4c251e7cef0eeacd92a414cce9a5689330
font_02_sfnt_off00011c04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1