Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ace3c19e0879a04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 14:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e5dfa140609dbdbf14ea72e7b8677749 SHA-1: 50672ce7b0780db7a8e6f9205b46b4b47b3efa93 SHA-256: ace3c19e0879a04e60a4289bad73dcf9e2fc8f90aa5495abd7ca4bee2059aca1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various external PDF files, some hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/74376608703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veterina-naslunci.cz/userfiles/file/semaxibokibavesaraxirafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaltranslation.com/demo/global_translation/beta/userfiles/files/8348598283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bushurov.ru/images/files/42027114475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/76823260445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/nitimikixakebipuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/sukajasutifavizepisedabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/13934157709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/ninakifugekavopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15246574560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eff2c9b94a---darezipuwexerovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abzesolar.com/uploads/files/3303082069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/9791993171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80809623377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e83e79f95e8bc8538e6e09f6b7d4140/zepoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/kutesomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/12635379609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marokozuzijawezamera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/venowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cc7da80e7---gasam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/9942217765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webaruhaz.solar-napkollektor.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38949751874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=10+keys+to+successful+forex+trading+pdfPDF 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_off0000b18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB18B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99D 15020 bytes
SHA-256: cc3897c30e69e0ad7a6b392214533edd7ede68fe00c752eb22fcb3f789e363b4
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6B 11280 bytes
SHA-256: d8b112d48a8747b2a9d822571abfb992f5d0d6c0c937ecac7cb0d4309d1c5b97