Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac6c8a4233332b24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:31:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6142728c8839a79ff6dcfc75d4860a28 SHA-1: 8bbf634b88b34a78609ab3f377c9c81628722e16 SHA-256: ac6c8a4233332b242db6a0aabd292a43020e27dbcbd53eb13a6e0252b8bca176
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised upload storage. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads. The URLs extracted, such as 'https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=walmart+pharmacy+generic+drug+list+pdf', indicate a phishing or scam attempt, leveraging keywords to entice users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=walmart+pharmacy+generic+drug+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/31381826690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/54598288673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210722085046561697838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/07/05/tabamajunewawamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85a41e3020---wukorixovafire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/42269656853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c94ac9d59---85098264002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/30285920495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607734b16643f---jilazumupobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/xeripoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/mopukasoraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294e9c249a6---50263434189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9dc7613f31---80384121740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/gupalale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/fakiliguzusitikejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d377c400b3f3eeade93e0652db807db3/5027316542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bd4673e4bb0671e527327130b116b4c/74595282057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/76066668151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91838334727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ville-saintleonard.fr/pdf/2967500699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/pubuxesobesedigutivojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ddd3f8cc71---nuludoxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/mevurixigisupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/voxofenanowasowadaler.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_off0000e27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27A 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 80b689e2f10cd31273ec0813dc096dc7d18a7ce646c74c0a4d900ffcc6dcfb4a
font_01_sfnt_off00010fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D1 11156 bytes
SHA-256: ee1bbe7f272fc60e4d683effd5fd25a96397a455833eaa118276080d6520c2f5