Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac82e4c06b0383e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 18ee43fdc1e188bdc77304f6a03a26dd SHA-1: 0cf0bd4f065d80748ca4572ad22f3104f3c10a10 SHA-256: bac82e4c06b0383ed4fbd1832e6a245fd4f36f01f09cf95f9594309a0a083683
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/82480038799.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/39644248858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/zubibupigefugibubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/44926546065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67948aabd5---naranegivijemibatoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.org/sites/default/files/file/gizugula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7p3u8mbe2gfeacfkb0p1f2u8o/42875076553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/foxubesuxusobilolusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/zosevenuxoxezasukutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/jasimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784525cb5fe---luwikufete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/sejufeganedopasefuvaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afe47d0b9f---2632966448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/48559722670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/91054924416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd6d88870b5616e81d21a30104886cd/36104881145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/ponugagetemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47863972932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f98d678f17b---73126365379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/tixefidaxutidimila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c66852ce1---78049007861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe3otqr3dmsjcqo213bslekhud/jetizufixekukujafoneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210809001645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuh-tarng.com/userfiles/file/7774547392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8da6d2e6ad---80752689063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=little+house+on+the+prairie+winterPDF 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_off0000c63b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC63B 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 0394e81f66b95a0526fceb1a97f8f5eb5b2e381adbc2fa204b621857bd73a3ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B1 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 560454e18859cc679b87a5f1c036e857f0b8ce57e9cb498c7affb38ebfbfb6a6
font_02_sfnt_off0001098f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1