Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac964c6bee7dcb80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a84308626dcf99c37c15b3cf9cec43e9 SHA-1: 66254438443004a124de8e66e408f8345e6da41f SHA-256: ac964c6bee7dcb80647bc6e55b8b380a33ae221e59450b5779a6e9800e43afd9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or appear to be disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary function appears to be directing users to external, potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e6baefd9d---rukufisuxuxabega.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/50163019084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunowirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/708014813c658feb274721686f0f89c1/18366309990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specialcats.nl/media/files/zoselisagabesumipudar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17608289168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f19a0988f---68235522853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/lujosotorupelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/samofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/mofizixafaxekarejazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a39a51eb4---66496367855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/97065836174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec533b7588---31651556747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210913213450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a4ddb4192c05d6a63e5b463f19600d/87470276827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/badafozedatemefidigunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/nasejajuzidapabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclandpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/favibogabefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/fisijasidaridopezijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uav7pcqsktldoevqqp38u6b74o/98392196580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/38076576567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///20876107142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whereestar.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/girovugotavexixebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48771921388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/70225480281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=brown%27s+stages+of+syntactic+and+morphological+developmentPDF 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_off00017bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BB6 11420 bytes
SHA-256: cf0fc20406530c0931c8d4bfe154b25b0e6ccc4b6c23f2553a58600f6b06536d
font_01_sfnt_off0001966d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1966D 18916 bytes
SHA-256: 1a90173433beab66d6a7f6f3a0ca96af956e736f176a8d6d1ee959e91f473a79
font_02_sfnt_off0001c761.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C761 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1