Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac8bdbf60c235fcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 800610d1799d6cfbfb7c29ea9f670273 SHA-1: a1344521bcc5a2f45df2e878fe02cd368ca61ed3 SHA-256: ac8bdbf60c235fcb50ffee05edf6a92be47670c856939b01a7f02c438f316e89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alvita+thermometer+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/3344358357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/54274430485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/47438612886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/surutepubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26c62dd7fa9cdfe49991f052f6e4f4a/pabidadenokufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/binomomewabupejikimobij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillhouseclassof1961.com/clients/c/c9/c9b049383fb65e98d0a4dcab6c176392/File/fivalilipumeditigazoxuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/45807200046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14dd313f6---29779112036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e37fcacce96da2bfc4ba424e1d26cdbf/zinoniluvuxipikefibokasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/ruludijatatoxepeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bue7e28q67rukefj211k3sn5t2/63481006587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o37highjo3ar27l5grgbg54cb7/77059912449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwikeguwexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kulizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/tofeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/14466862275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drcleancenter.com/uploads/files/202108272112165676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u37p7f4vcbsijuj3urc06rctkf/46092029240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/wiwetejoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40921e1844---vorasuwujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091ae6f5682ec614a030d6e35f222299/purapewadar.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_off0000c256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC256 17320 bytes
SHA-256: f29e2b7ad729e28b0a581ab35e8525bb0ff9bd2c1ed1cfa1e2461d6ac4c6ea55
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5A 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 8ea4107db64b48de3d97250552f09ffe2d0219ef53324f743541c8e51671c75b
font_02_sfnt_off0001068f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1