Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3aceb0fd8690deaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:30:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bb5f75cefd403799cd70c30625497a43 SHA-1: 13e8cc270a95c0bc1b1b363fdcd287d25c585758 SHA-256: 3aceb0fd8690deaa77588181e48ae71ba4e2a1d63707ff602209896c5dd29645
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+neologism PDF link annotation
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/49541481000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futurefacesmiami.com/uploads/file/68681734325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/joserariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/gumajokufajasedezifozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/19151578745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca02b37864---18769323727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.eu/data/file/64621431597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///lumeroxutovarewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6dvu3501jg3ctfahk7331mdr7/32453820132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckysurface.itweald.com/uploads/files/61359acda9bb0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walumepinirepoligono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24385664163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/40808619207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/7101663872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19441908015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/wesesoduwepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88780227731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/49943307533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amkchem.com/upload/files/11968930561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142f0af40a2b---mefofowakigulepurab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/getirimumonirureluwonago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/nafozutotufuluseborudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagcorlifescience.com/attachment/file/nasujowegiwivigalebevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphogacomposite.com/upload/files/tokozuvonomomofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613575dc90382---11061192488.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_off0000ca1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1B 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 47466a7a301153a1e18280587e00185631bf43862889d86947ad2c73948326f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A3 19544 bytes
SHA-256: a9b446d54e6612003e1fd5fbd590007c4a5f8525f0657ce07b8ef87ce3a2ab8f
font_02_sfnt_off00011499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1