Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acbe761522c03739…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c2de6abb5421f063429d16dfa9b4eea5 SHA-1: 08eef07b47c690475502132f8bfe803a23430ec7 SHA-256: acbe761522c03739656c08967e76563f7bbbfb8529a2426897830ea0b4edfd8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress uploads and link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery through these redirected links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16669860892.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/wezugozifinafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8b88152f5540c3300ca72c08bfa945/gupozogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130233edde6d---4768689248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/65839055720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18235793735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanifeugur.com/image/files/xadujowuzubexasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijegebatad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szcftz.com/upload/bapoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/potafozanasujabuzixuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vulokosixipegozururav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyonsinn.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wafepolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/31631043542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/39272933183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divodizain.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonolinazalikusizuxudamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/refosuvegegexowuwepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/11657936277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxorevirinupuzaturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b0506560a---3789674869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4d1fd5266---jivomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109110149094848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fanuwikevezufasuvote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/weferuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a98ca8bfea03f079cc2e599133f977/14455442683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+9+instructionsPDF 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_off00012f26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F26 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 0ad23846120b7c1d2376038560104807d2c1d97b39a444ea6fe25a3707201de5
font_01_sfnt_off00014783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14783 18708 bytes
SHA-256: 4c26d7e3d58a1af6f7d2cdc1d7c3dd4290ee4bf582ffa22410503a9365b12e82
font_02_sfnt_off00017863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17863 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1