Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bacd2361825198c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-25 14:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 1bbb19f3bb010273d019f0b9f6098308 SHA-1: 2bd77b353b2af073ff1fe5627b4384f0bcd68572 SHA-256: bacd2361825198c166dfc22d7ddafbe2893a2125eb293efc4152d3c4b88d5fd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a critical heuristic firing from ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS, and ClamAV detection indicating malicious intent. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a mechanism for delivering further malicious content or phishing lures. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56eq3e4hu704oacr7oobqle2v7/15622327821.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80730965837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/potozawawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-vietnam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/gixubegixaxoladufini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/toregiwibasetivixuwone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/gukivigolelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59cd1aa892---28154921744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/suligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemental-ia.com/userfiles/file/zevulugasaxepenazudawejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4851ceab6ea7abc1870fe422bc4d0a/82746089128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/sisokafekewujokulikogivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/85026705154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc3e474053---82855660402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plt64loe3sahjcfhj4b1d9c3a2/64138612761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41547b7cd7---61981868448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b67fadd010---rokaralerabemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79911785418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/webukori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/4309423677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb26094ada0---54760033319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609388938cdd4---lexabaxewagoludefirepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/wuzaduvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9665731486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifuximuladewulusosamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi1vbvdvhm4td4msiqn1om4gu6/99566135165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=edgems+core+course+3+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000eac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC9 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc0beed0f3ecfcdee306c01b3788ed9399c563a1e96483b6c9234a658efc4b4
font_01_sfnt_off00010454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C66 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 4cfc9e87dac0da0ac53ae4b88f8315d18ea6b238a080ca6da02c8146d294272b