Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac4fe4187ea2fea5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 03:48:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0fe3342a99748d5307fb96963a07acd7 SHA-1: 83181c2f1574e293731433bdb1514e17effb020c SHA-256: ac4fe4187ea2fea53462dd45127f1ebe7b61f72f4db5bcee7a71d71fdb357999
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The document structure and heuristics indicate it's designed as a phishing lure, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 69 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=love+story+romance+games+with+choices+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/43728191195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/71313376168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/kugesavopitifepudopejaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60376105302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/voroxovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/28631832724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.civilhospitalpalampur.in/img/uploads/files/22242924090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noratotigofuvizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drivingschool-brno.cz/files/files/57042551833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/xukewugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdekdyjak.cz/data/rowilodibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d67840fa27---zupoxotumemevuvapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/zesijixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/97739802715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/17791102171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/89458888357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b519335752---rujazunasiletoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/matesolitefasibetadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://molecult.metallo-tests.ch/sites/web/upload/files/38161480430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cqmeffn2p9t6sgeha79megd2u/difug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/fifamowodonapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/09/file/botedotokefoseji.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_off0000b031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB031 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC848 11228 bytes
SHA-256: a4e22a2a3eb1df0271f1f6ef3641210ebb5ae7abae33e74be79a6853ee742058
font_02_sfnt_off0000e259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE259 14028 bytes
SHA-256: 34956f7e175b0249c391eef3f7be630cf28efe6382863469628f8feac0fbbf3c