Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ac6bc77e1762f53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:08:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 29df32ce2ebbdbca00d754dea1064181 SHA-1: 142b3dbb0f3c49bac2b0dcf62b08db83444c0c9c SHA-256: 0ac6bc77e1762f532bb754eea5c166c4f027b6058932b6d21b9aa0b13029058c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The heuristics reveal that the document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. These links are likely intended to facilitate phishing attacks or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=double+checkerboard+cipher PDF link annotation
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f18a0a08858ad1bcdcc6e616c02c21a/najinaredabezilolesuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f92384c1e7---8909545260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/83066305466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a523e2068d---kipoteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/tajatizafilozaxutalatokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/41786863856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9b2ccb0e9---toketerora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07g07vril1k4fcql55efa5orod/jodebizisuzubaraxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu6kp6ms08fluv0arshmica53f/palebesipujivujekasikuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abc98822ba---20687728589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/24050076696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/316266f385ded6e382753d9f8c15a58b/xekegogamirosisomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2neo6s62jfmblaaa62f6bj60b7/39553468009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/89547799556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/46550565555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0933e05984627c90676f5dabca00df5/zilatubuwovalogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if9jc8l1r8vvp25si1biijjuti/tigema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/58371280548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc1efe95a6---rogadogesiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/78441522815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804023a9bf6---manunotisawigirujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/98577960475.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_off0000eae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F7 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 1d052d4a22a79142933fb8215b69717013153d3004f19905f646e5bad9385921
font_02_sfnt_off00011aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEB 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 3235510886bed97320b5889ad2709955027309615c3aaa28be60081a74553747