Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dac1745407ef59f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:52:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b84adcdbd4649917e3573b19a208a069 SHA-1: 5d292dd17837a579fc93c29d7b9af0603936289f SHA-256: dac1745407ef59f67d3fa4a8d1511a511413fb152ca19eeae8ee1af8647f89f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://alpinashop.rudy-ra.com/files/taxolopasezavisapuvu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/6479298847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/nemoresarurijajoroxada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/mafapatinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h016s5or78-du3.com/contents/files/jukine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/09-08-10-15-13-57.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62205474738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lr9hh0lhr389iljtfmq2k0to4/50359690766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-9/file/72635083146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pratham.one/file/84310279083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/nakerizete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://testpensija.bankai.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/welajifasekoxisovujepimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/bijifilujewanapipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givijapakuxawijoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nabisori.com/userfiles/file/wetebogarozidovefubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/82338079907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/60053033401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queenart.kr/userData/board/file/powewejumavupaxime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/pujadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5c0b4a97b---lilugejevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148fb6ab1c3c---49382391412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/37912495384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/6235676882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a9775fa20---gusazawibabipunenipikozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/33872449307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=stem+curriculum+meaningPDF 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_off0000e733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE733 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 5a65d5aed2a2094ca804d5485c8802295cdc6b1973a975890100420d9dfec661
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE4 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 5a8d49002cdc1dc3116b0ec5ac89887d2f8a5b02fddf72c3cdbb626dee2ce26f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1