Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acdf690e2c877709…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e4c58d9925229868e71e6c6aa45e2822 SHA-1: 4dc80b23ab8f6deae2206db5c070da79d74f9988 SHA-256: acdf690e2c877709b779a9d2880a5bb5b9df97b127a9c77f69b69cf76a45d6c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URI heuristics and the link farm findings strongly suggest the intent is to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+do+i+have+to+clean+my+nose+piercing
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/ridagubo.pdf
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/gagewow.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708f7a34517---71640415010.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0152bbe2f---59444521210.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7a48f023e762d06907414f091b7be7/lurev.pdf
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/puzerudiwev.pdf
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594e73b35635e7817a1d396053934d53/fipotudobum.pdf
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/40287754459.pdf
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/89004435577.pdf
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/52442277073.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2dg9j8v581ktq05h1jft59uj3/36797098159.pdf
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/55037796676.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45f285516c384143b36a69bd4aa359ac/javodotabasosixalurumak.pdf
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/pulifafevujajipitakoruv.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kisotku98sdhs7pup7nok3iu15/doroxedukarubazujitor.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735226941f7---puposa.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nkdusiir1rspauemujb912qas/98937793091.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9a9e4b14fd---89451878700.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106030056.pdf
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/41897281514.pdf
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/rurojorejowez.pdf
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/88799551021.pdf
    • 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_off0001c943.bin
8dab10961c49fb349ec450e4b907a9e8cf6bf0351b672e05fc5bff0d475c829a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C943 11216 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001e32b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E32B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001fb3d.bin
e3e4f7ed0a85b07a708192d71de08cd4d38fae100091415bb7187ec9401ce028
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FB3D 17912 bytes