Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5accfb971c106cfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 902b29e6b9f0b43f9fa58484daafc053 SHA-1: c1660baeee846a67bd21aa5e805b285f9aaf5016 SHA-256: 5accfb971c106cfddc5540c941286db18eaca1a66b886c82fa911ac84a72edd2
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 or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to such locations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://thaihoanghung.com/upload/files/30645848106.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc4d9126dc---86405038128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078046bb9f07---25386187964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l26rsvdj5kcssku5ov0os1qhvt/88122323834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc62518f992---71987657132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/doguwimadetozaresatugomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/69183611059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horticulturenepal.org/userfiles/file/83687321132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/75106327461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c888850a0d---82729907805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/davozubamafigomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f58c9e8efd6---betasozogewevedunagotugul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/46129679097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsqblircfmq11qi1nngt8iqcc4/42200087346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2df0220d97---selugebofogoniwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frkqdlmait86eur4q1toa547r4/2804223917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fdc036d1a803f91fad56d706b81adc4/zesekomusegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/voxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711520a395b---jimusubemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cf9788263---fapavesixebebisegew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b5a239e2a17f4c312fe2c035086d59/92450526334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c238f28138f---48276684485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://padgettlawreunion.com/clients/79772/File/bapejetasigaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=bedoyecta+tri+inyeccion+precioPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b850dc8b0---figeladubumepivodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF296 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA8 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 23520f451acedfdf963b6bdb06aa34722447e4ebcba9c00c5de96db4b7fb1033
font_02_sfnt_off0001398d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1398D 10460 bytes
SHA-256: d05861154b6f9ec6973e5db1699c65430b2fc44e9452ebf5eb3629f6751a1983