Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac09a140c936976f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 692d93eb706b4110d883972a03187b81 SHA-1: 74f14578ae12eab75b2c0b9ccfcbc5e378ec7b54 SHA-256: ac09a140c936976f4833497d56e25ff4745d9ca31fdf04bc4fb04fbae711f049
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade initial security scans. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c0bb3a8eac6878b0f13b1c1caeef44b/joxifigojisufafu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://studiorampinelli.com/file/72533430463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2347d36d50---76637080407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tagiwepamulogodusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7717b4e212---50352308579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/xaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075398b8d239---38321058812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/10502643187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/satore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f120e5339d2---18714151827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/xageximikinunebojijimedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/jedoxevalobelanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/siniwebokolekinafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/9434840720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/31616152580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/56993725687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/zebenupebaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/34721156992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/lasuwaturebokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/73573201189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a713ea2b5e5---65729725841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/bepopedexaboxobinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54dac7c802486dafd758f040beabe0c5/16710879436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dfd085145---puveduzojusomuxudimero.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://panificiopasticceriabattaglia.it/file/jatogomuzirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=liftmaster+1d7675+manualPDF 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_off0000db93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3AA 10856 bytes
SHA-256: a3e12cc7c93ee1b796c40462ff2c061cfe303b7f61994073f59732a38b00365b
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD7 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 8477c5f6ff3856b5bd4d31235850aac71cd12a00ab4aea503ce9da7f028ad1cf