Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5acd15789e46a24c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cc1c92c03eb5842dcaea381e2a0bfa56 SHA-1: 3e422a08ad1b7a9672366ff87c74f2f9269f65f5 SHA-256: 5acd15789e46a24c3bd40cbedd6618d7fa7ab094f394228471e5437c92b936bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users into clicking these links and potentially downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02bef7d2abd7fd7fec102178a5889110/tojajakufazagurasemuboxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/pijekeriwupalifotipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9cc50941c---jimegaxodogekazugamapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/32315196168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4165c9fbc99daa52eeca6bdbb56e8e02/lugudovibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwartetproforma.com/userfiles/file/dalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10476ac87c---25093975138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/18426822998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76998339491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/zajazolenuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/29357712344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/1116111989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/38684395912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/30216867815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2950ac5138941a785fa229393c9bc281/39465452599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dac0ec68f596fb62577cb0d0d160378/57329329972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a031a6f4e3389e942782583141f6cced/tebakinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a827d7525f9---28584110637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813822a901d---jenefubasikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608325a6261c6---jutidixafuxulapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b762785a8---papejagerilimalabalaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93181581310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8294485382cdb1bc801f2867112bdff/20126279052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/lulogovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+scarlet+letter+chapter+14+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off000149cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000161de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161DE 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 19b62bc0c2c50d629ba97f3a17fb9b5ebf7205eb13401dff8033b799ec581efd
font_02_sfnt_off00018c92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C92 11036 bytes
SHA-256: cf87891aaa32cb878ce3763d08b354d8bcd7b7296c99595041a1a7d89bc505d0