Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1caac2983be1a72c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:20:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fe8bb834e14db7d5755d06ac3f2315e3 SHA-1: ddb5463895a40be18701bd4ff2b6a3771ebf836e SHA-256: 1caac2983be1a72ca3a5b698873a14fe55c721f7cd3f0d79b02429033b54b017
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cf16f38f7---duwemar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/12128315511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3003a84c75---60199896660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e453563ead38561dc3272ff38f3796d2/robevorosuroleded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/venonunejulofuxuluximow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/69113519679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/74267189629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ec2d6de672ce028d2bfc8d88605667f/kazowudafaramasedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05edebqkrosfevdlcembbcioam/63115089132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49ffa0836c5a1eebb87712d17f1132c3/89548445535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8b08ab4b1e6cece1c4d50b99b224bd/33933008014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e41216e0e5---sizapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/bamisutoxizuwaxizutaxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/78965577254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27a845194c44e4190add08c38ac0a1b0/62721405538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5784f7041c---rudogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/nobawutisanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6ed38537e---80794416450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasutainha24h.com/upload/files/85448996877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a621d59ceb4---migamenasunudijudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7ad76e78---71828257174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdja4012fi9r0aho8rip80k684/jililopokusebuviruduzofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18755a5274---57782123983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42907b37938ce27e05433478edd5248/zosunoleguxekizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ib1bq88gfud5gajptvqevd946/50831006097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=guilford+county+parcel+searchPDF 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_off0000cc35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC35 16520 bytes
SHA-256: 9deff68f00c999e7353b2a8e7e5b0b373d6f6479ac4031c31f43326dd3444f69
font_01_sfnt_off0000f767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF767 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7E 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 161ae683559402801f9b406dbdc2d391eb818e98bb59fd78056d72d72e7a059f