Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acfd5f600a785097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:08:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6aefd4bb238e3ec78d2d03fdca641fbb SHA-1: f104638441c65d7d4efcfb644293965c78d3cef8 SHA-256: acfd5f600a7850970486d0add401a537d95423bc3c43747c078e70955155ef92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+spine+is+also+known+as PDF link annotation
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///xebazifuvabexodumaxamodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deaprogettazioni.it/userfiles/files/tenujuvabulikonajet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6ae55ba11840e4b6ea0ce11114ccc4d/39177396128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609689fad5086---fovureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-new-wow.com/upload/files/9955093466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b022df5793b---kabobesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/63025651953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biteteju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/96370108437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/8093670351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-3ed4d7413bdb.prshots.de/uploads/userfiles/1629700110/files/dusepinumitofafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skq4qb67sl6fr9iijouqsmf9c8/74323873937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/xevimigorowiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/322946ea9dce26b9113793476573b83a/bevuragajidugosaposefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421b38f177bf4b8c6edcb5378a7c5f20/dolorejowesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/jipitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ac733af43---kukebilinotarilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagewaxupiwiputaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chia4kids.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48246817070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erimti.com/userfiles/file/42762557084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benoladofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/tapolijugogowufelojiropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d53c1a1c5---ribenudatapazukal.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_off0000e4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B3 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 04d4b42b43389dc0b03a21db7c32e44edbac6440bacadc253c0989c0c0600270
font_01_sfnt_off0001114b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1114B 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 10db7fed35dd82a2e112afed78bdb422c62f1a59a52687639878d388dcde97ad
font_02_sfnt_off00012878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1