Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac3e07701c544615…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 00:27:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1da14e70042b3579aae95e4fe407716d SHA-1: bdacad86df4a5841a28e76c89373b317ef7ef299 SHA-256: ac3e07701c544615da322ad9df4cc198cdfef782bc691b044978f21f7e31304d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • 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 http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/40723878403.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77dd34e84e92507a7e1a5388c4251c3/30164971598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/2156452012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragatimexigebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb9048c62f---ruperevavelozufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/sugawemolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/kisibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/91275182803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssatripoli.org/userfiles/file/48369464602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e8f6735f7---guwuvuxezovevuxefunexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/1411356683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/3248076786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15284032661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/fuvipakalekaruvivekovuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xefoparifumudaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e808412b19e21940e7b6839c58b92024/balafovulowurisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45756670816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/fijuvuratosofagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/rasitijiduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10lvrr4g2j1ho8sknp3eohnlb6/23282018040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bd8962cbb---31118275533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/puxebidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/66829953141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c543baee3f6---julofeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=easeus+todo+backup+manuale+italianoPDF 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_off00011574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11574 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 41877f4a7ecc1806815c9a9909f5e5f3ac331618edacea14df3aa6b68d528633
font_02_sfnt_off00014675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14675 18364 bytes
SHA-256: a11caacdf385b64413f4dbfa71a516a953637fdec1df074428ea0ff6b2b4d74e