Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac6487b1dce8ed0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-24 14:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b7a4acd0f63773229cb03befb6ce2613 SHA-1: 1a00ff2c50856f30a06754a6cacc03c389663392 SHA-256: ac6487b1dce8ed0a2bab314eb68f6ed796819f63a3e494ff9602f953daccf885
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+substitution+cipher PDF link annotation
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3ce298332---75631398265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/jipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33479198212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294bc957e7e5df9b727641082cb2cbaf/sanugatoxulexugokozuvazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7a6e93ceb0e28d9055fcec5d58e34ba/petusivasogoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/dusixufolofabovaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9e015fff46ca9f71aafcf5d210aa54/sadesaratimowegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96754872985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/87609001826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/zuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc344e7496---bugijixolewemefurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210615022741410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc06e0f432---9901438006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda4894ef9f---zozavukizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/pozezevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/76612974969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e06c3d863---wixikizogutepujilopopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmi.nfe.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xominibinagosipokodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6996768db3---16854439265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092428b81a56---mufusonenobilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7231d5df2cc20a4d2433b7c1dafac02c/lefenanujinopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c975a2c62c5---63703959744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/po4vptr7fpldiccltae0n5fs9f/13506802780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33667608080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf2495e47---jonakekaniwitaxubezise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/fuxonazefitujalezudiweleb.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_off0001176a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1176A 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 6d95ac7bf94d10af2b60f902115d72bcfb4cfb6a3b5c0c85dc878c1384f5c704
font_01_sfnt_off00012fb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB0 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 990935c92be3c42978c8ebf38b480cd3f34e19f1bbe394255aebc78f66985349
font_02_sfnt_off00015e8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1