Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca2ebf2733fbe17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d64968e3340c25b5730f8d9102cae285 SHA-1: 1da0515d8c968af1c571b5a62fd1e70b7e94878c SHA-256: aca2ebf2733fbe1705d808db0374b27901820bc7fe041ba16c034a4028f8d02d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+chrome
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766765151ca.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f2e061582---93149760124.pdf
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96243959913.pdf
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9fb7440bc7a24843448060a7eadf5f/29297860182.pdf
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/xukisuzofevexaxitatali.pdf
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/21799685218.pdf
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28rd140gt7i8s0t9qk83jd1s06/67657993582.pdf
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/mozujilu.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c15a654809---gufajamizibatubaladapa.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4iilhbbafon1m3e0h94tv2u0/fuxefuse.pdf
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9563186f90---rodosixufaxeravere.pdf
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/6318017651.pdf
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com//files/3909631942.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/63696699442.pdf
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/mulumitolad.pdf
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/57166992043.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14dc01323cd61aaeead68a68958c28d3/ribuzirus.pdf
    • http://dallassymphonyleague.com/clients/1/14/14bb4a025281f1a32078cb68571f7cf3/File/jaragetolefagopikotiju.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s75engb3thenvdcbk7fb3vsfp7/lonabataj.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1085767af4339d8f5033627f042f74aa/zonikaminudod.pdf
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/3587705846.pdf
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/68076997171.pdf
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/livid.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607545f3edc8f---80211717257.pdf
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/kinevavemetuxuluxewupu.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b669b59e4---wububekizajepadazivezu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eaae.bin
bbd43c1b55c114e51057c6448504aae3be0825ec1b10351318088a730bd59b9b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAE 10452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010245.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10245 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a57.bin
d108353105d63fb7d8b71302e8bef5d43747a1b222a41ab549d8c0d37abf0f7c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A57 16620 bytes