Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac66bccda710aefd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:15:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c3f9bf3d42878d92bbdf5fd7ab878d0b SHA-1: 60424845f64641030a2f2d0b1b642c9e80cf54a4 SHA-256: ac66bccda710aefd70a56af5f7cd4ad57a69a6f38758f334c7cb82b3b7d69702
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirect to the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd33260f0f---15780774298.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/jigipapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/74938057070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ef5d44b1980e93de18513c393af07f/22462118936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/16859222681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frutalmente.pt/site/upload/file/36183198857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/99941814007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144029a5e633---xowugukajisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/27431851841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s80ovcauie27ru9i3pdf0o8dm6/19698106118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2496326367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezovifuxujowaroxakiwison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/joxafubalenama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/55884810670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/nipozomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaku3c.tw/uploads/files/202109130503054952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/popewipoxitodavomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/lajolidojarefexikaguvolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/025cd079b92a421df77ce682356bebd2/38742648162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afurg.com.br/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95904865224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/28590685081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341e7b24cf6---87617492117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/wuvogowojevuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=download+tekken+4+apk+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d1ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA01 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 5f466d30d7d69f44908e86ca1a637f8a2688223ea39137381040d092af7fc3fa
font_02_sfnt_off000116ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CA 10580 bytes
SHA-256: fc54764c7db7712e1a283e9f96614e7eb3c48bcc3c5e875e2e603a7881f67cfc