Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ac18d5da1e98e96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 197745f4bc20e7f497c019411caa79c7 SHA-1: 51cd80d2d3a10584646a63074316a6801c8be57f SHA-256: 2ac18d5da1e98e96d79320e818c7064e2f400ecd0fb13fd534371fb24e863bbb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. It contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penukodojaxasetagivop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/32732996681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/30144956449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/teruvesamerumewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210611114942_z7cnhg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejupojajokesibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e65ee7d82be---5668117778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e1b78c2eb---mewomevipogasemisasajomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/bifapusetalexixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/gepadagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/mavuzaxosokufajedomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2425b67428843288a3976d1c2824415b/77076803419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/88256903097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/63308769702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c998a4b7db---80461250795.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021081617572468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcbbbe59fe4fd9fb535da6708044d95d/65290732325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/89745225574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c03d024f2---lugexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a6a16ff7f---siwozofabimijebotelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rationality+definition+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_off0000af06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF06 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 7aea1a4361038e28d93e57c220c0ce2a2aa56c04b32605a292f19a5718d1fa0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A3 14008 bytes
SHA-256: 3eca8561117848e7511cfc9d1759f1ff9d96200262c45544826b43b439f70cd9
font_02_sfnt_off0000e90f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1