Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca30e0a4e2b1976…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-10-08 01:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ec9e60e7cac6c58a0f9048c728102982 SHA-1: 98ed72c18fe292c23dbe9561cd4cb9264b1811d9 SHA-256: aca30e0a4e2b19764de804fedd5435405da68d014060e1a91a83f61d60a7a5c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+race+for+mage+shadowlands+horde PDF link annotation
    • https://tukangjp.com/contents/files/10223029097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/radebamawelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sydjpg.com/images/upload/file/20210923_135222_105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogovebozipuritezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simbhaolipower.com/images/file/12981883968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/kewavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145775ba4e66---69391753710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverla.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snp-ent.com/files/fckeditor/file/1554753726131f43d0129a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452fc4c5ba5---2721702779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/82514212463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/40301915492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diralofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35857759072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70874393580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiflex.ru/userfiles/file/73655465973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/14153949390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanxuatbanthinghiem.org/app/webroot/uploads/files/givupepetawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snf.styleguides.ch/userfiles/files/ravuxanozanokeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaxabc.com/userfiles/file/20211003095931_1832544941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/78102902631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205c8c2987c48c2945057aa52f89390e/30254553427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/70943080180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95918274873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents/files/kugazopekasobodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmoscm.com/contents/files/76169637970.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_off0000c499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC499 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 86f3798aa068ca84fc2fa4aefe981338bb2e2bb6edfbfc1b658a2e205e66d419
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC9 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 7574c09f0cf57a67dc81f21541ea2d9d7886816821c3679dd5cc31950036958c
font_02_sfnt_off00010bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1