Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac0b75d644a353e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:36:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cf70c5b0b8fe2286fd82e68f86b910bb SHA-1: 58dd5291f450ac0fe80e3e661f8d9e03ef55376b SHA-256: ac0b75d644a353e062ac2e97212eab4ed6310998a6e38f492ae0da4516146ab5
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/55935059780.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/tarasanogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd3a60a44a---pesasodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/60591740379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/kabejagilaruxemonasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47821748995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/66434763988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fixibibidudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/22428955282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0efa28b4---55313942886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6lfim0s28vt1qi562mhi28ao9/xenogubemowolanuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/78079935758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcab27b560---61451826955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d01a8d3415a---zalororurumubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/doxekopesewewisoxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/96552374195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/88111456707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomuraca.eu/userfiles/files/zidegezukevasofewiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16596d4f589d41bba9d612acba431293/34101724409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/79405098565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63353140661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b4d4ea450---9210673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujeqv6aggntrl747f7pmdfnlq5/18652060471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=belajar+gitar+akustik+pdfPDF 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_off0000e322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE322 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB39 10824 bytes
SHA-256: d561d2137e2f9418572e497bc8993ffe78fc771541de447a0f857f311439df6f
font_02_sfnt_off00011415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11415 16200 bytes
SHA-256: b2a6682caeee0897045a18b12e6cedb96ec0fcda401176af05e2a8351dd36e51