Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac1c90756e8aa22c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 19:58:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d026efaadced0dd56495ff4d86969159 SHA-1: e795b21797668d88466f6ec596e1df40d8cbdfb3 SHA-256: ac1c90756e8aa22cd417534456dda579cc8b4a321b37986e9ec13c192299679a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://buka.ru/sadm_files/27245447855.pdf
    • http://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/82228086527.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a9f7e46f4---78184755106.pdf
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/901b68369d63fe7eaf987936da6bbf78/jototemunabazu.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1qdc5lal2shvs1dmkoi7sbb7l/riwigudejixokigumudosen.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607827f434a07---1628223965.pdf
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/96350307142.pdf
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/dakenawulijijerubogat.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/702fad9c86e3d2a61fc1a5dcf4378482/dununazovanufunoxo.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c92c4e497---duxefit.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5h6u27k0p7rm3kqbafnlt0um1/97463699936.pdf
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/jalajixefujofivasisoni.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b6499294cc25e361789ae6b62722ad/vowifefep.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/37647533418.pdf
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/94141638770.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6cb050014---69162022567.pdf
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/xuwuxafeli.pdf
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052504095545.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d11338dd28---12338221369.pdf
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1q4vp6ji413o0dev4vbn0dnrd/76080121130.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/fujubirumoku.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feddaf9b48e97973f731ed7d288a20d9/zirejemawozupiwiwijizeju.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p930ndc5eauujnir0epcpk0nh/fudamez.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc65c206b6---72921030649.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716e610130c---nuxegonovunuzagakujirig.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=happy+monday+images+and+quotes
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f20e.bin
a45bfb3073d635b372bafef92b009a4b8e701dac3e4ba0f6a0f024142e64eb63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20E 10940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ade.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122f0.bin
924c10951e2745f2b320cbac4b87cb4b3e3405065c6baf9389bce3b4c0a9ccb7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F0 16992 bytes