Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ac5b13af15e438d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 17:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 448bd96b4af02ad49ec98d46e92d084f SHA-1: 59b947ad0d48549c9f9303a491480a8af70b878b SHA-256: 1ac5b13af15e438d215ce23132ef637eb511aa8e5f1417d869effc810b73ea3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results for broader reach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6df77b3087---22224433473.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5e31d12be5f1332965c2e7926d93e1/76837335028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ae6691652fab7a4a83fdd9008b74c4/40709919479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/74635481811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m4krichmond.org/clients/3/3b/3bf4c986be49c21931b3574e72fd8103/File/92798547347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a616b5542cd---tipogizidisutose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e27ea701d---67423842221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/wigutawiraditenewuvabidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607922a1629ee---turonakubinusoxodudota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5369bb3424---24890394590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e690622110c7293385bbe59465d11df2/rawidagegugozoxibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/migizafavarikofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45596f8d9df4b39aba6f7834527b56a6/86026544949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6633a7a08c26fc2da591a96e2958ed93/52455065091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meccanicagambirasio.it/file/jisomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divefenemose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec6419b824---famuwumuxijajeluzetuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/walilupodedati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f032d85f5e5---dapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/jexapafizowajevaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b62233fd0---xowokitotukuliputun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/40601215594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/44063437597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76895103819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/67497736662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+blox+watch+game+calledPDF 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_off0001038d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038D 17920 bytes
SHA-256: a588a30235d33569d4392e1709f37a800a5944b84377d6d03689e1bd253933c1
font_01_sfnt_off00013297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AAE 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 0481d6090b3baebd2ffdf10b0fd0bf0c20dae2d18237c75ab0ff36168dfbf57c