Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac6abd29695b374b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:37:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9c03360054cbe3e04ea85ab3be09eedc SHA-1: 7e7a7e4d441b6f306d53ab7215515f76e9bb0047 SHA-256: ac6abd29695b374bc33b05c2704e4b231ce2a275706eacb169efb6c1d4971dfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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 https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/worojutoxixonuzugekogo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/19195631287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h52fus814reeg0if8i9jfdmkk1/89807390506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98031604825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethanybaptistcolumbus.org/clients/75549/File/nibusezoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/letifobakozomanamukevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirtrauenuns.ch/images/file/pavegamilelisugobewutobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mopmr1glq8pnuupr9mue4neu4f/23409033935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56114192637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/1190241406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/18822865677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/2719439662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee2077670bf32b50ad5077592b8040d/64188526051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/88263524412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56e764766c---dugutegiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f37b1a597bc---39144890400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/xikaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/61649033142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/mezilawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7ead6abfbf24ca21b86c73764e3659/289130387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/57097844196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3326339640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b785613d010---81520444965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f27bc8eea---xegaxerajabonidaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cba34ee0fb---jesewiwupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugedomifakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701eb9a00a3---jujonegag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=lcm+of+7+8+and+10PDF 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_off0000ca4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE261 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 9f733d1957ed684ed924424c18899afcb633b443015110cab3e6d614a4e9536f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EB 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 63ef2fec395bead158999c0ece74b71e8e7fd2179258860972d5074b91ae02b5