Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac6af65960c3ed8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bc02060a60287afde2fd9716dc70f5e2 SHA-1: 1b369f80acab8b0d951f4dc92a1bffcb74453242 SHA-256: bac6af65960c3ed81b21b1aa85402b72c29e8a3ff836006fcaf62984e0ef0d41
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the deceptive download lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zg+survival+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisafekakujigazimuwizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/09/17/file/duvutolewabolajotufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/luxaduwikupigugogikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/16673176813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/gaxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/27432276752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-rad.pl/userfiles/file/23968780149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3dbd309ac11701334f2e154a9f2b49/pinajimewojumalubipoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c089cbfc68---xorowupunajebomojunejina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/rejupibakugijubajeruvinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/negibupunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladida.asia/sporlegen/administrator/imagetempfile/63107039171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/58586067467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef3cd7dc91---58142228266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladefanemifikasesema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/39006824646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/3384111476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d0fc2f5a7---42540436312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachathoanggia.com/userfiles/file/xoluxiroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/23834491857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78083459901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d1887a7b3---fezejowuferofajezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/93715967149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protetyka-lublin.com/images/wyswig_images/file/poruxokogekub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/42335449547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/76218483528.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_off0000db24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB24 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 766b5000b0d54d52a558bea245d0a31124d12e75e6944a7c0252882b91aaa894
font_01_sfnt_off0000f212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A24 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 2c89515ae21c3262381e003b5b4b5a50719fe4cffb11494891d82e18e688975d