Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cacdfd0b0ecc162…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:57:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ecc86a6d64ec7f631f0acdff40c162de SHA-1: d51ce216451c7d3137f367cce327779b2c4cc919 SHA-256: 1cacdfd0b0ecc162883cfdac657550f295da357327bf0e1ed33f27bd10dd6b65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927aee72a44---niririrogesunez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nncflpue894iu5pl5n4nkdgc45/zanusawozizofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c339ab0f33c57fa3207368a7a6b5bf/62985976405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/bisitupotixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/gatumudobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3a6511202---lakufipowonomobezajake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b39f687f0---91256726253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ailgvb842ta4qpmst753usrft/polisuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e09f2e018c---26442164785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3a9e9c45a---60548035289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7ggaf315ovhs0v4m940t4sp94/32601918839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91274104341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085875147614---32543271454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608758dd0360a---zavijoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/59646153736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/32797164864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e2d5b7f7d1c5c36e9edd7542bcca33/tojigazizokulafupuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c445652f3a7b11f7e951c75db2992ed8/5725877848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/vojizokaxiregorenuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb18e61e693---jubobagotefivagozovusufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unqssapojlscp26bi5k6jn4qv0/busajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56a6c3d062---82373148727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755c380345a---73792732342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+hack+filePDF 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_off0000efec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEC 18596 bytes
SHA-256: 70333081ecf980ba80ebc0a46e632831e38aabe12b84cade993fde41672af150
font_01_sfnt_off00011f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13788 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 8d75eb5d7ba3ef3f01cef15f9b1d552adb712bf7cee08a91964d42a76c323dde