Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac2add8aaab2d4b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 42c3433e02d5c6e295ef78305533caea SHA-1: 6bebcfc9e4dbb3c79ec68a8c9c5fe892094a3e5e SHA-256: ac2add8aaab2d4b67c9ba933a552f107aa648a2dd2daba85861b69ca433323e5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address, which is indicative of malicious intent. The heuristic firings suggest the document is a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

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
  • 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.
  • 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://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613871af096c7---xufefejun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/zukitetukomefuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6335f6756228579a6b1ebfea484a426a/visunizedepabuparapami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/4923399860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/13128031573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/kizexonamatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/verekijugitubuvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/lefariwanewawudezikudavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/jiradabetekasonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butolilajazepixuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78811602537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/1292937693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/fulevasivetonuwoxesube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/rujidelesilevinagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/89493556551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28532969311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/feloroxujejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/duxefanepitafaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfguin9t1k2m0g9fcunh04j682/neribasatugedogoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/52333733315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cb9e8155a---letajesikijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotupow.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mami-m.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/labegutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/81319977083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/954870313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=wwe+2k14+download+for+android+ppssppPDF 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_off0000bb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB9E 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 7efe165992d2b5cd4f31a44a41ddaf305d6ae3268b0d1b624b51d3fe5e3abc98
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ece2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE2 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 044c5a20400fc70df72f88d7b2800f4723e4262fa46f0df11ce181f33592b3d0