Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac3066eb0a51974d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4dae9cbc49ccca69029654fe298e9d53 SHA-1: d18ddb3930f884d9a40049ff7dbbffd945f69a3f SHA-256: ac3066eb0a51974d2ce32a5786d9eab45b34485c2371cf1be04c9750ca3f59e3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as a phishing lure, utilizing an image-only design to hide clickable links. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a dropper or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+calligraphy+worksheets+printable PDF link annotation
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k677v288dmummk8gb4fqshs2a0/pukugovekodifireju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/zopuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/redumuwopobunixizizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acd6edf03a---tijagorodudurarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ed30v90tg44ounkkv9na49l76/xijirulupuduvudifabokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d80da581a---65656516465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/82050652524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/93605053660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kebecelectrique.com/upload/editor/file/teviribobutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/giroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/nifiwegatedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ba3ba13e5---juxuromitadawuzidawisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/xamawologomudaroniped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/31966017289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/73590713730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c17726f0c---zidodewikonumaxewisopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0686eab45979fda4a383560c59f9baf/vopufowamaduruwawusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/jojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/nexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/gosaxofulujakugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/fifelajeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///jazekibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5e7de3f4e---risakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/26442356420.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_off0000b0c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0C2 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 6c94730515a5959879f7ab7577fb63b3ccda5e16283f499a9cf7cc3dca5feeb0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25E 13860 bytes
SHA-256: 82aec8f9efa1d92d944e8e4ce9d829673dd052890596f1916105f3e7017073d9