Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acc16679eba14898…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:34:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9a525ce9ab12d20b439ee2e7d36ab531 SHA-1: 74b63f2b1ef824ef129148d3416f5ad657fba453 SHA-256: acc16679eba14898333a7a35342fa8a217a751260b0360a2d475d58c8eae1f83
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links suggests an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=schumacher+se50+battery+charger+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25947229719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/pozibefopugaxegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/furazorutidukurodapexoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/54158031232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2cf921135---98711568450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210807063157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edeee4d8167---ruxenoluborewupijoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076020ebd3e2---dikimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f13c46e6c---zotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camerabentrenet.camerabentre.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosonavokuwezabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/6951625871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ts18c62qc0eam1g9qeun1qv2/7734762770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a7f0e25a17329b84b30e01926661786/48858463060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g2qo2fpbma3k372j1f2evv950/tojuxexokagamadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32744fe5d760bd753bab37db580889b5/noxefetajezosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallorcaboom.com/res/wysiwyg/file/2921219041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/mixitilelegorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/84209324650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/tariwekoxewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgp9n226dcv6uepr6aqmkpprn6/95050559607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/milogatezomusulivemebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/ramonidefemevapasosurimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160998d7d384cb---5513474798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/lanetuvudapi.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_off0000c76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC76C 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 24ce987d1ec8e9e2b707da759b2a1d302233d61d57e6cce2e33b46e5024e6667
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A2 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 8a01e1d44dfdb9f7a79a3d7e39dbddcf24d20325be14afea0b325bf68648339d
font_02_sfnt_off00010b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1