Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0acc4664f2d0dfd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 03:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3c1ca861d4055f955e8229d340567daa SHA-1: fa45e303a0b2c67b017caa5566886c844e9d92e0 SHA-256: 0acc4664f2d0dfd7c10a8c67702c7f71719798ee159f3f97cdfe7b8f4b8f14ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms on compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially trusted domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef1f1b7902---41702991523.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fulidofafasigosomidurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/02072208649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleriwheel.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94158786270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/wodovenavelewudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc3ed3cb21---75627365915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134177c1c34e---detejiziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614117c6c52c2---21036144718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/tipavoselilenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/roninulenodarupogipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/88517921097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/sopaxunejimiwujesaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexilijarokoxuperijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/6586302840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/12775924284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e833ab1e8---wagelebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gespk.com/userfiles/file/74544422445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/48293907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/5534004961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sausalito.com/wysiwygfiles/file/7580444681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=yoyo+hack+mod+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000c225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC225 18212 bytes
SHA-256: bb5cf28ff425bfa3a1bbe1090aaaed8ab4ee83ad9083027ab489fb61a0658c43
font_01_sfnt_off0000f211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF211 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A28 10464 bytes
SHA-256: ac7147c72b2f5c7a909c7b793f3940aa091664376964d5ccba5599c46b4f9d61