Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acba132bab16a908…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:53:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fdc2f02d8fd7dbd0ef0699c4584e3037 SHA-1: 67503a1dae19eb7c4297f1b641bedee4bde30bcc SHA-256: acba132bab16a908643cf1a44dd614b48937e42488f60d8de3a9b40207cd0896
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to lure victims to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39e2c8a3c13db6474c0c0e9f327ba3d/31783616654.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/fubodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szcftz.com/upload/xinufedotixozinazedinazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eee9dc5a78---71780766814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/tusidarutoledaruwarakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxlustry.ru/img/upload/dotuzekelidamafoxokubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedanutizominu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/78717123517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/71794814548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqjlqrechu2uuevkk0nqqqhprp/rulagababov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/lunomojetulatenulupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/71023070286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/terovavifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86477181700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/46900195997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/fitifebedotilebote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarlangit1.com/contents/files/kufuxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfhu6ab4bqv.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kibakokizerotujavere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espwireless.net/uploads/file/66667905765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hockeymro.ca/docs/file/gewebenagaserafezinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/fumidoxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/79588920651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/tunuwositegizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=player%27s+handbook+5e+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000d540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD540 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED57 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 8d23acf82b4aee36162a288393785c9f729facefe43ff85f9c6532bad43de4d3
font_02_sfnt_off00010671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10671 17580 bytes
SHA-256: f19f1669ff2ba86b72f99c927dddc0369e4c2a8dfc4b86901acf0388283aca7a