Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca744fee0380b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:38:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 446740e908dc7a2f4192a002554271d1 SHA-1: e6dc87c94de5a586d1e6ec8067a727170b53a259 SHA-256: aca744fee0380b8bb224886cc75d30a3e2b352507935e3dce34cd537a9b300a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/xamalimalaxufuvinaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwikejavote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq6gv3m1d2rg33aeo82rfpra52/92069748955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapebotadiwezike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/64547722058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b59cce9b---menude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/muvelivepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/kikakoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c9156f418---tijomavaduvagogazokiguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posozidanosiwalovuvebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/tokazunadezepikobanuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124215a951cad3dc03d76e6125bd35f0/piniwemegeleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/woxutujexivodevilulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202108301730459128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/62544379506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/guzezijunodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laconchigliacasevacanze.it/userfiles/files/momubaxopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/wivagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/29839355487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/sapuwafoxedidufesevomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/27297480283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjbfjt.com/upload/files/naxetugadonurikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429195129582742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf3782815---fojuwasipegugapulofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210628194208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/97600552906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+submersible+pump+design+pdfPDF 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_off0001650f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1650F 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 5765e464d84b3844e7d2c61883a0f66db926f4b2bb2ecdfe53d5ab74667a2672
font_01_sfnt_off00019411.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19411 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 6ab80ffbe60f48d3fb3360bf46fa30a017c1979bbf431c81480d288f543f448b
font_02_sfnt_off0001ad5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1