Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac3e326d2181592b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 07:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fdfe97535eefe1aaa3616f23fa3f1d0b SHA-1: c83fe0427a50f585539d3b91379f11d326911956 SHA-256: ac3e326d2181592b328e0cc5e040947e7b7e2ecdce521e68630afce2d48e4f41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or for SEO manipulation. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+geometry+dash+for+free+on+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/dufonukapasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/53073157399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf44qfpb76a61htgdscg9ik4p6/muwinisuvawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henrysadiereunions.com/clients/876463/File/metumowonuwuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/21361554044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saehgeic0fclmh0i952u7k0qqs/bodiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab71034fffd---detovevabawuvasidonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0975769390---xivofatififesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/kopebizego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6e1cb3e91---juxunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/miboremubidepenofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobuzagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedf74a625e---20393492453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3db22d2ebd13a4d20022552f564df5/82096900173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnsamb4oi0kemjencatvivnimf/putukaputadapekonekonuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/68777500431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb23c8d9f28f2540795dc2081772385/53933515669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/44962482005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/xefigugukulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cddca0aa18---surotaregusavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b497a78fc7e---situge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6i31nb2cm51ftia824jath17b/66565228428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/bovusozezidumesapoxelosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/gofopitavajatif.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F1 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 1f33dd06b061ad9e64e1e092300493dcd49c76c2797d6d307ff703dc21a71b54
font_01_sfnt_off00013387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13387 11164 bytes
SHA-256: c977c9f5373a6ffb967acc9e3e1c8e98bac8afc272d9f0e6681d03c866b04019
font_02_sfnt_off00014d44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D44 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_03_sfnt_off000162c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1