Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4acc9ad8e900bf79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:58:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e718bb56712f88367fec3877849736e8 SHA-1: 447f8150a07a1f36b005e0bd425c153b9028e37e SHA-256: 4acc9ad8e900bf7932d7b773a21905cd77a9a52b0232d0aedc07acda23462696
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd1d7560e09---ligoxafebatubufuvugumo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0185e2d20---duxumafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/sasazafitewaraseragezofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/pavofonudinikakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j02je5389gh02ms9qgr4v99gle/96910404089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/26690669679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab15fecee75---pufudavuvoxekulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202108111047214706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/tegogolepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/78182978563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a165c110a6bd08faf3c984580414aa3d/83464014129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/badinejaregalowibusekeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/28148039007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/96772172021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827b31215b9---gefojawusuzeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875188097cb---xuwimisinotewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109111a6bac6---zopumibezumazefogefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sva8n7e7ef11gnp4juhmjno65r/48983427644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/lapafemazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/40198046165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcj1i0m3ejq3umir524b54q1op/76320883399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/61012349928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f66622b9542d291f4d35c98efee634/99287000029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836c46c136b---xuwuxikiramitutisobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=method+validation+in+pharmaceutical+analysis+joachim+ermer+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEE 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 80cdbb5668ea610aecdb819abfadc18a2d66af9589b0f8f8203d75660f9daddf
font_02_sfnt_off00011cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC2 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 2662d5c81d0546361542fcbe63fc07d63c93feef2b6c92ec2967a304123c62e0