Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ac0ede93248a30c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 19:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2229ddeffe7ce87216eb39f361dd79d1 SHA-1: e3a6e8b226a711acf3ebd118aaf6896d331c635f SHA-256: 3ac0ede93248a30c40fb6258868cd56ac04656f22d2fb2a924d24edab3e641a8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest it's designed to lead users to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5mfjg22gv37tma0fvjs4m05ih/gojukixagadakovoxurepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/64107842633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3554159edf---86683356917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/70824654101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/23642389575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608377b0e2bc0---71557385352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/delanubiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/27013786768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/37746125962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/zizukamazoduzajudopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/xedufituzina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/24684096429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8d0067c97---xuvuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/70103916786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikico.net/img-tym/files/zawuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50485326066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/fupekenajovomujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/fumeripabelola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7c37e8563---mogugozakirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781bdbb8997---bineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52fca68f9079d8eb9093a9f67bcfb863/35587498425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/51155393461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=suzuki+swift+owners+manual+2019PDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91875b10517f3586c892654484b961e/darinukezifepot.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_off0000f36a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B81 11252 bytes
SHA-256: cf2af9af7b756f0d347c33398ad39e0dd1ace4a77232ab480bc91a4d1c4c1c96
font_02_sfnt_off0001261e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261E 17312 bytes
SHA-256: b260f412bec06682bc505d7cb9e674d4b2099cf84f256378dafad7c4e3a55484