Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac05f213251ddf66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 23:15:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 91aeba63feac8e5a139ee2b39e946e89 SHA-1: 53214a08a61343b411317d37188ce4ddad7d75c3 SHA-256: ac05f213251ddf6685acf53805cfd8c0d15408bf7a9de7ac6e5b6432c7d3895a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for exploitation and further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezuzegumizuvukuwotawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gbp.dropship-online.com/userfiles/files/46682650002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sierrainstruments.cn/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/6140248715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozobepore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/fonexoxadatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/logezelofalofazififexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d753cd90e8ef66decd074551dee8e4d3/72105712783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/xareledufowuloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd7718aa797998341661c0767b98635/fimisexamopaxutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/36181479154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81212564218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/wuxali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146e3eed5401---zutubepawedofekajelenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/68266598606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/jovulolifinumoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorsbureau.net/userfiles/file/lopamalejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/duvavipasaligifegoporivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/25332595900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23986072086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servis-hradec.cz/files/file/25815517049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/kuzameke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34826663601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/kagefakoxopovagurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=phone+qr+code+generatorPDF 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_off0000b927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB927 10492 bytes
SHA-256: a8dd003a87b1409c03eae9230c742423f9511a6054ac3f9895b969bb8cf09f23
font_01_sfnt_off0000d068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD068 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 3e32e0f9f81e8b0b99cb87c621b31985d13ae0df382d9722aa9852976a9fe2fa
font_02_sfnt_off0000fde7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1