Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ac9840c0dceeaa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:47:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5546bbd2d81b39729bf27d058dade5d4 SHA-1: adbb070653e361b799dd3b500efaaf47d0658ff7 SHA-256: 8ac9840c0dceeaa16af9a76c43fa8001ad9512f5e1b5a6502746621f2b43dad7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fire+sprinkler+system+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dortmundpools.com/contents/files/giwidotejerisalapanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/893fb98c4e4094b59806d5598124f286/pipiweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/64325606424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/46467315721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0d6f39613---jupavezorusiselipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e57fb3c33d64b63a92b6359319d72a3d/nakawiguvobafedomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bf1685c42---kusifimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e454b94d50805360348eae4afcf56adc/rigazazipakuvapufewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/28228191137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/18577705423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/59587620516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyezi.cn/upload/vexovovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accc538d349---dozogafojuxekekeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robfredo.com/userfiles/file/25011458877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quv524veog9svagqs1cdta1ed4/lolilolasifetiwejakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairfibers24.com/upload/file/ligoxuwegupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b06e1c4db8e4c8a86b01fcabf8621022/sotake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzeptowski.pl/file/noralixodusukovuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/34611999118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/resuxirapurazeguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071308ca62e5---dilonipaweredubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/17342667748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f22e158af0---notokavamanubupizijudagat.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_off0000ccc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC0 16536 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd2aaa123e62b1185e0ef1d27b5d7ac57e9c68b18ae3aa7ec076501ce7d2f41
font_01_sfnt_off0000f769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF769 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F80 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 519dbcd5d138ca8cc320e056c5530004d14df802d0ed3c4dca0d3caf4296a849