Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaacbac4643fcfec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a5d0e46ea5a77fce521a29dd8cba0c5f SHA-1: a01608f436d67c72c841dcf932e4fb86a933b4e9 SHA-256: aaacbac4643fcfec7c448acc4f5aa92bfe38d8cc20cd54cc86b7b3703f978898
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8f64b23c---90200547176.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21ff48bcf0---44311773411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/47205156639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toicodonlyson.com/uploads/files/muposuzidibulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31995608920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/kaselojutogowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f7e0712632c04f5083e56d404280bfe/retekibufasedanufesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kso74blv76gb2ekfe4igdpd8k4/326528790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c7a9ecd6a---20482070462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/70352803781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc92297f696---nerojukeliganerop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe40b27d35cfec68c2652c8ca8bff79/52958653166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467c0acbe5b10635ca1f31d880527d92/13323415059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867df1ecbb2---midosokuvatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents//files/xopoxezupowimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copelandreunionla.com/clients/6/66/66f6f3de7053633686652f51c4c00696/File/nexajokalemuneduzivejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850718eb3b1---44893014440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sm7e64ahdnl5mquqa4s7cp16n/sukarudapamugojoremexira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021050919554473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/rutagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/43606209008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609036ccb05b2---52767011126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9dfa2b9fa---lajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e92204f13---fabibefugane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757eaa9c731---xupabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=whiplash+in+toddlersPDF 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_off0000f56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D81 17232 bytes
SHA-256: b130bba4b2c5d7c188c85fff9590a0e957e1a5bfe6fe9601011751b468e6f8e6
font_02_sfnt_off00013a0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A0E 10480 bytes
SHA-256: fc207e35bb1cf5db0caba08e7468cbe9fdce7b035e9cb7d9e75612e2d46629a0

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