Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac0b5ef01e509167…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6e391acd89c99c3a57e8a4856099195c SHA-1: a066264d5187111c63aa01a908eecb6708b3a5d2 SHA-256: ac0b5ef01e5091671463eb8b3e9a4c8681b1c86b2f05021e96bd55b46e3af744
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates these links are hosted on potentially malicious infrastructure, suggesting the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab4e2c371b---5840939734.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/168b9b81db3aa6aef4cc35866a5c0da1/84672237028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/12671956668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/55538980438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a636ba895---zizogapulonisumesonisebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fem644agust39jeieuundtcg53/5611055032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72754bebd33133c621721ac68a92b8b4/7903741070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/91850875450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/vasidajuverobupopazati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k82beqr13orqhinoamp0f4gn4j/laliwovupusilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcamkooj17vn2lt4qoeuhce822/simafagobatelixaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/18965159246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/13029633069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25251u13pnsrkl6eiiohj59iie/13368771264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210618/file/16240048184889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de040c3d147ec367b82112dd0520c40/sadetatozewujitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210601151118591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e352a469552595fe0738cecaff92c9/61696579159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/51446262880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607348e2749af---36411991390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ee5e83f23---95100111890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=nsfw+discord+channels+to+joinPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCC 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 6dcc1e3abb90fc30e45bbc1ad99097aa9161c287f0c101297527bf730c6b32b2
font_01_sfnt_off00010881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10881 2064 bytes
SHA-256: 5221cc56e96b657ff7c15f49bf1fbf1b5222e15cd7ffd769ce953162a3e53832
font_02_sfnt_off000111bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111BC 19244 bytes
SHA-256: d770a87d73448b83eb7ab7df62f45bb611728b4c94dc3e7c7e2bfa8ab1d2bf5e
font_03_sfnt_off000142e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1