Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac00df00a6cf171c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:34:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8018c5887505cc22b179d00b0be3d854 SHA-1: ccbb76a3aa62c26bae35aab121f0028fdb655bed SHA-256: ac00df00a6cf171cef30d1cb4952c3a4d05d852113901b9094a36cfa4ff1bce4
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=conjunctive+adverbs+worksheets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://eva.am/files/b7e370d1aafe7df3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcemsp.org/upload/editor/file/21276832563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623f6272fdc2017add6f4dad8fa55068/sebinizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob367adti6d467a3cie6v084ev/54112648245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutawinowumizizavinilojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/bukexivujokunesilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70adbb3e18---gijexozunomiwawezale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/tonitiwapexamajijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkp.ru/upload/global/file/kupejuluredo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/12610670361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735cc71c178---34625626824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd07d46d23698575f368f2b1bb0b4c4/53427273590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/poniretazaxulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f53c76746b---5852182721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6fb2ee416---58267525019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/66953146964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0886d03d170f8719dd1d297ff2c2c5e1/32743398410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/livoxikelukodasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/bakutebobikubukobudozoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/76677914336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6a64eeb4b---60671507223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/rejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/59755863468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/disulirifofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/mawuni.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_off0000cd9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AE 17828 bytes
SHA-256: d0409fafeddb923135b2915760850ad3d2d05baaece61f896e5449f34a44ce40
font_02_sfnt_off000113c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C9 11316 bytes
SHA-256: dc5f85c4c3ab8f0c0043cdb39c234eb61f07bc2d3492657fa49f478ea0c22638