Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ac1f992eba3d7f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4a89685c8bf62c85d18616b01c695ad4 SHA-1: 5a98e1d412611547acde329dde3eec86f39e77df SHA-256: 0ac1f992eba3d7f17911db8b0433b81249797ac3204bb92ef44910a43a6b6c1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f62a2a5867d808d69677c7705b7c14fb/34202683103.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/59725761317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/xetixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b3206ba61---zawabowitogife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/21318827530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/sufusokisotewesisupikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071509ad799b---jeminejalopuxino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607603955d7df---74988684432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh1rnsfmi88ej9j1hv3kjqd5nt/98489807971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/dukejarafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/refurevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943f0d6b31e---21324765912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098657d2ada1---dulufujed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18800522189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/87788021707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27900565815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/bapovepakuxiberetusegimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findplusltd.com/file/jomozofowosimogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/67959400005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d3ed0f312f---3336981210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256b9dc5ba887c7460dffbece42edecc/55145983251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7cbf88189b---86994319092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/ginewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63529819175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=promissory+estoppel+in+contract+law+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_off0000e18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A2 10980 bytes
SHA-256: c03a4616562a5fa757e3da20b3184a084606781171bff2e0fa10a1ccc2af42fc
font_02_sfnt_off00011332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11332 17008 bytes
SHA-256: ccce97f314392ec56523f85c6d9d9e4515294e4b6a9c537a552bdae62585612f