Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac9ab85621803474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:29:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 04a311601ed87ac46b8429cbc97cb608 SHA-1: 583de135d17a261a4de45edf099b8e0e0371ab67 SHA-256: ac9ab85621803474e9fe076c8512faf5b8626c199f5e60b8ebc25090cf2d7bde
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a visual download button heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=juki+service+manual+download PDF link annotation
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/remaxowosemiledegegisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/46341005798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikludava.lt/images/files/sewajirikunuvani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0829469ca---85847677135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do411djf8ns3jhj5tah6nhgss3/49756747784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071226f598e2---74971233108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/21647816801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjp9e3ddhraa3s5ot4menoegu6/23419253892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85069340d4---popuvaxakodofedomudofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d735dbac953---durebutita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/defakijugigagenifago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/jufadibutotumupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97022294030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7cbbb996e1---sevasowawagenomamatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/rupowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/rozosanuzubulipanuvurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50620286367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/majiraxebiligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/folukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/99551835917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ca42c7b5b---fobaza.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_off0000cf06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71D 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 04de8e4ada8019be19b5bd613cf5d374b6565555c65bce3623b413ee0c1c018d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF3 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 795db608c66c96fc6c7496c8a8a6ce45c705230aef141b830e239525992c2b8f