Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aca74580290dde8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 35aed7d69c8ef98c20bd951f21dc222a SHA-1: e9b2776e47914c412095d6e280655ad55444a91a SHA-256: 8aca74580290dde8614eae3b96463a1124d1edf2c46d2981f149af9441a568a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection to these external sites, which are commonly used for phishing or to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nhg+standaard+osteoporose+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/3769442062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/68794781668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1d63c15dfd0ec58b42ececfc81d4ac/zupelotabatajaxope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe935cd495---38050260937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e6967f23b0---velale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16116c3a5a484d---kofilupuxame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcdf7298960---mulalizamofezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/auh81pceaglmukikl5f2r0lpf1/8921130229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/dokexuwijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/22653171569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/51103480598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zidaboreze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/lerujawusemivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608080d8cbe3b---jusuxinilakefebuzajifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/8706957645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/logemewufitawimodapufile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/fupijomaworufomebulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1d0e8187a009984f9de4edb247a3fb/kuwelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reguwofakoribofikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210817161539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d9ced65a58926c60c71a053ff9ed6a/jarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/nukubebisome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/87981072805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/65951773387.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_off0000d03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03C 18748 bytes
SHA-256: 9b668a01fec45943c44bde9888af061f64cee95b50695b2b504523f9d68d15eb
font_01_sfnt_off00010093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10093 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118AA 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 59b0b82e7634785444a122d08926578178421964df74cb26861471144097775b