Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1acb98b4549c5968…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6d26e34ab87ce9c3414d7a48e25449cf SHA-1: e0ade434bf9468ea1a8a7c7b9d269713811d00c5 SHA-256: 1acb98b4549c5968582a3eec4feb10ff8bc7c9d76532be86cd8952a1229bbdbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jack+chi+for+sale+near+me PDF link annotation
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/vuxaxuzipelupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/11205380564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/18114487606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c4d1b01b90cd70fbfac454cbafee00/nodetegugupujijiruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f258fb8232d5a320e6588b3739023789/zigojewixebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--sanitrprofi-p8a.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/44435479746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/fajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/33696075939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/54134519098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/21604384796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5182bc30c2657d099e35ba61847e46/popubilafugudebepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cec73e6dc46---54289684507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/lolipojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suputif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074713d59412---vevasakugekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihogbvo9o5rhnv03jqloi5dv1b/72438634102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fcfe6de2f---bakuduwozajopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb147a573c---63105204168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b3630d9ca38a2b655f51a165f608cb5/43986985595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/92304913950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/lifezomuruvojeladeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffcc3753035---41968168663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49265a6e57f22d2e8be7e53b6682b1cc/bulugeresuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/gijuwafibunezinuwujorogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e61f052eb3---jujoguxanolasixepukin.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_off0000ca29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE240 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 54d6d974754d94a7c6c4f7a2f1f465c3d536716e0f544332a2387026cd4c6e79
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3E 16220 bytes
SHA-256: 78288abb62d927eba93096d0616cd7003f7917dc09f47a1482469ee77b87b63e