Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acbd338ea895b927…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:44:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6be542d004fe4a1372102aa76cc02c32 SHA-1: 885f9c4479084c1d6a111a5be59cf344b875b6cb SHA-256: acbd338ea895b927d8fa988d64202e13c1b205bfb400c902ca249270601df68d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as download locations for further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique to initiate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uac1u14cdmq364il8649n50q5/xujatisubamumiw.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfabf2ea6a---fajiwijotuwovazumurozoz.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31fcc41d21bcd35cb31b63bce3928698/21896385798.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c509676ae7---tivolov.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094db6f0e748---29565057750.pdf
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/60801204987.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd5a074ec6---xifetudis.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6a7e99660---59429871027.pdf
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/toteb.pdf
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/jilotutomejeluzemizeje.pdf
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/jemuwanipuvufawufoziloxuf.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/tojifoxezotakax.pdf
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/gexadudikikajisuf.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a49889fe9a---xetukel.pdf
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-6/file/2021060310483873499.pdf
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogevo.pdf
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021053023424813.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60080dee390e122a2dc48fbdbcc23f6d/muxitunazufimokiduzi.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a6247002a---57955140323.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780f51a1a22---83736412618.pdf
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/58198099384.pdf
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/91232696424.pdf
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967d167eeb8---39387945347.pdf
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/kulilagusoxuxexobekilo.pdf
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4upmj8qg6jvh4kpnbphnu5b5sg/91912801394.pdf
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/8798081403.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+a+sexual+reproduction
    • 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_off0000ee4c.bin
4335e38826330eeb25912fc9ecc4fa79da3a6124ae75933ced2f8695d1b73074
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4C 16304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011853.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11853 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001306a.bin
c6f11a295b936294c0f43d98f8d74fa7a592e85b2555fac32896d1d7337a82f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1306A 11044 bytes