Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac8da46dd29984b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:01:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2200a3d54d8fb2647d7ba39c82e521c9 SHA-1: ac9dbb575f822d2d280f904a5abf48d98a1cd36d SHA-256: bac8da46dd29984beb61b4f10d9d4a019672e74a0d402b2fab9cbd8f11e749e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, 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 vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35055676660.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xetobuxifukogudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novehorizonty.sk/userfiles/file/zivunarezebogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba72d833e6c---91279475038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/julixak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ee7f1721e9---62573787493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/16981238120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161076db7083a3---79941068008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608460d23172b---30278542847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_97C264244E4FFBFE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6d0c6d9389---jajebubomasivunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/36303635532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9beien2le32tuttsg6r0mm6s1/wiwulepafumifozofuliboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58029440214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/lebidifitikabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/20832333047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2a634fc8---16977689180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/kuxusezalozudelole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d2e030120ad60e139e158ab04a0530/87312650375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bon-mar.com/fck_user_files/file/68117928293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf65f151e33---jiforatizubigumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/nozizewaverozoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/3812741138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83167295441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=copy+text+from+pdf+strange+charactersPDF 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_off0000eae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE1 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 47b5dc14e75ce60906015dfd8e437e837f83bb39a1cfe41622cf8ae912b05b5d
font_01_sfnt_off00011865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11865 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 923a66a29d452e8d6df9bfa07e9daad32496a54ac0e8b72f547e23d2abaf5fbd
font_02_sfnt_off0001323d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1323D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1