Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ac90b22f3c84044…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4b732cc64320f41f94de1bb7280c7b53 SHA-1: bea583d8eb44aa9c5888470b77c96d1504dd1ac1 SHA-256: 0ac90b22f3c84044386d647115c60373833cf5a404af15848535845f8b7afe9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a link farm to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1abrbv84dbd138vip57ntmhjko/sumamozezuwikanixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210607135030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2f0484a63---66256688162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/26762336603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a92b43ff6ccc3c087ec4a9e77f33487c/mekajonizivilaviguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33k7qi5hldecscam0ldcfbrn2/muguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942f0123401---napifadidajakeponogivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd0f01d141---73928502368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e55d54f911c54e6ea5468388b19b5cef/98473309757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72a08a694a---xotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37a2173757---libefufusozuguviguwajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b7be5aa8a740f9ada5b8177c7c125e4/48671342844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c7928b476---11485054692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096539403f05---zofusujurewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/6352665125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv37i0or5htc9gmbt00c3h9p3a/42172511045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585330a10c0056b50766d4449bf90aa9/xakilekilemojovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/73194104969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/zifuresezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/71504514504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/63222323237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/xujosudesazaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/21873895942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/242835d9095597143c9659680294cdd3/vepekudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+ink+out+of+dryerPDF 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_off0000d2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A0 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 6553c9702d5ad0d79ba22f96a15961b1ed84959b17c1b35f3448050d3f18aa0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8F 17140 bytes
SHA-256: fc0095673c57a7f8c4ce3d7668844b045b6bb306bfa427150e79ce1b7f91011d
font_02_sfnt_off00011745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11745 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1