Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dac279f1c458b1b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86dc2df4c0e55b0eaf0b18d92d948397 SHA-1: 64883abf3f791351987ab710bc80a8e60a86218f SHA-256: dac279f1c458b1b45d37de9228870cfd13442cbff5508bf731c24784690b648d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, including those hosted on disposable domains and utilizing WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+for+scenario
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/8995486223.pdf
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/32479981139.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18ed1e9ca2---pinabejipexov.pdf
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girapavotiroxesokibugo.pdf
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607708c7718b8---90526450122.pdf
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/jamozuviponibugixew.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086908eb407c---xejufebojevizoligufavov.pdf
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/lunoloron.pdf
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/dagoduremojobeda.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6eikf4b13015hkofrq9brvuf0/fimazakemixeganopuzoni.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f6fd138f3---gavusonaje.pdf
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/52382787572.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/25514492182.pdf
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/sososejetavali.pdf
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c32cccc5f11ad90adf0b6588c0bcb0d7/fowukopugiri.pdf
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/12621153635.pdf
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210705060949505465lti07w.pdf
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/12041225129.pdf
    • https://congnghethucpham24h.com/upload/files/gaxunawe.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovn632qd4eigeipqotvs3li752/fusudefidivolapasixeti.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f041.bin
60d1caf891ab3195e98b0c8f3fa60029018b2b0ddbfa9c2e765cea616d188aeb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF041 17636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e77.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E77 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001368e.bin
b72469a71689cd0ee0b33f6c920a452ba732115cb5f9d241f8fa3c67914ad41e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368E 10360 bytes