Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1cc82f825103c3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:37:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 785b402d8e65475a0c478c3be24a54e4 SHA-1: cbe3210e856faf8f74afe70486696cc179216a4a SHA-256: a1cc82f825103c3bd83dd902a6e4827abfdc9c34eac81911c6830334348a63d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites using form upload plugins. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary purpose appears to be acting as a link farm, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098acfca076e---27945410219.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1020b5c55e560ab93a1f275e0d2c99cc/fawadekosuwepaxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c649d9690---luweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764b9333c76---54270470590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19be2dfb018aca65cee513093054d8ea/26480075927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/xagofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfddcc14c0---89030824388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/25339648814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb5eafb31fabf55484cba0be1b02250/99245549280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61730734310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efeddaea164---rodoxixosatomukamawixojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503073254857275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubibufadebomefosavawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/bogobinekefafewumovoteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/60070084440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/4753390049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/voramimovotiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hl3spu7t53ok8p313it4hmcfka/rujokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4581138aa8---sujesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aefa0826dcf0fce6bec34490387c9ce/fudiguroronizideve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb197181ec---mimapanaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/37206572858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/giwudopokizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14dd385a1a---momerowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+inquirePDF 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_off00010cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC7 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 9e32025d40c246c33a9a1c7929a6a815887a361b80fdeb05116e11077794cd0b
font_01_sfnt_off000124f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D05 17168 bytes
SHA-256: d68d7eb1307fa127d77f56803d85d059a4db61e5f9591ace5a8ec857d930e5fc