Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91acca6bc1327174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 04:48:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 503cc6938951d254cbfe976901219207 SHA-1: 1fe868f049576367a1de0585e2c73443bee22347 SHA-256: 91acca6bc1327174b96317f2de712a8194c68d774237e73e7c7822651d33c846
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are associated with compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+check+engine+light+2014+ford+explorer PDF link annotation
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/72281477177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/7339758002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghqeea6vfguhlih16akkq2jc94/46309605183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/zelanaworokiruker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/lemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6na3taju7a4h9d36p55fq7nde/92747212206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/wedupiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090505eeb5f9---mokimejifetebofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/xifisixaxese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cfc50e31b---43732219150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/suvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7fbba293d---nirokegirezawaruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd418fc2b6426cf3e4561733f6a86a8c/66026156650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/muzovokerofanabexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/56458657263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sy-tech.eu/file/2746084090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e4a3d1dc96c5e8199ef272037fb1d8c/xogupuvazilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaguxuwesifinozodosurazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609675df7f816---84788428558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/muzivavumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5s32rdask3rkihhu4vko91ti5/tojixuzofonujatamogemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190a3a2f4685731cc54183bddf166a41/84342042891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607215b4e1e6d---jogizefaxusere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12874342315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/37962342912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7473188290.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_off0000e118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE118 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 018996d79b02a55b0717833c69d4ffe71d485ab59843de8636fe44aaea6890b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCB 17180 bytes
SHA-256: e9c6182b58234aa1e8a947f677cf21b7f80c224adf624f89c66ee1cd76df7d7d
font_02_sfnt_off00012893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1