Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5acfe0c94eb15926…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:09:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6b9bd31fead0d4666b6eb47dd048787a SHA-1: 28a68bbbb441863bd7e5c97cff947b650bd56b4c SHA-256: 5acfe0c94eb15926c459e19534e241d76be6cdf0a50d54a03cf8b4e6dd900dc2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to PDF files on various domains, strongly suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cd3bb0083---golowokowazogudaros.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/44580369349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kralpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bonevosukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/jizojezezogewiwike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/vufaxazepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/jipijigizeserapipolerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/26209409146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ets-sptk.ru/pic/file/viwufetut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/jewidizataragazeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalzilemboeventi.com/userfiles/files/39638521343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c7697245752f5efa0ad717c62cccbb1/tebilopanodakapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9abebc7874df8482a58e3523812256/64953510237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/xizewopudepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090413164473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140050430f36---kotapezusemaxeviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb476987c---9848833315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11254193173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/64383385972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/gomeralutokupupomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebookonpersonaltransformation.com/FCKeditor/file/93943885431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgx.morefriendship.com/upload/files/jabupoxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/lotepumupubavopovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/810117669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=android+code+to+check+phonePDF 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_off0000d958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD958 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 074b25b66f90ea9a17da8a78e421bacdc5b5581febe43e07c81dc0bd1ec3e15d
font_01_sfnt_off000106b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC9 10308 bytes
SHA-256: bf6d84d5087483dc29c41b10242517daf75e3f04df1a0587f42b82aca5fda5d9