Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac7ab3b760581c26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-10-03 01:42:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a036cf87b6e796c4edf5722428c00f97 SHA-1: 40fb2f7d14f02c72bb92269a8f45eedff6844505 SHA-256: ac7ab3b760581c2656c0b4ca039fdf966c4632a47653de54d0b8adf0d602a5c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/10444693625.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfddv8tm2ih06jk4994hh0mttd/40294488670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/10346894246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cansandientu.net/Images_upload/files/didexoreboziwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614879342d037---dukokejelajubufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertcelikkapi.com/userfiles/file/nedenewunovasaramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinhvi5s.com/images/newtech/files/guxegefidetoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161542136e835a---fidabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/tezakiridinuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/37532645892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/57669221050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70605012335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/25473945729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latiendasegura.com/contable_prueba/userfiles/file/tulitonokaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafittipng.com/userfiles/files/janexoremulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/xosolupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/betirasemelabaruzavozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210922213803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/91900947486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142aa3613a5a---49364725880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/buwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7cbed5eb2d2d782c2a7b1368a90261/bovejezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/9510346815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsnowodworze.pl/userfiles/file/zapalukaxatamufovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b2922a0b8---30061335285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b94453057e---pamedegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=spirit+animal+cultural+appropriationPDF 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_off0000b3ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC05 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 740da9198deff735c6d67e6ab9e19a04e821c2a09f961fb0457f3790c3507d44
font_02_sfnt_off0000e387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE387 16768 bytes
SHA-256: feac97d8d6733e8b3e12b36a807b92144b7d7c5356210098c04cc44d45820804