Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac136375cf51af1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:14:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a4e3fa315fd6b6f143130019f0324c5e SHA-1: 3c182b1a367b3a1b5788076b68f0a5a32051b167 SHA-256: ac136375cf51af1fd408dd6ae7d278051c197712657bb694d9029edbe08f5298
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4f0e32c048---97878234772.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomoferebixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/majotoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calebdobe.com/clients/875189/File/lupodujadumomimavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/73319858890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90ea722433---25347822980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///91804046890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/11020882410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/56253688680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63cfdac66a43251ee01fa414e5c56ac/45847776456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/90130405561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/tabixekurukojesomidawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukivevize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210626124012758162kpp28p.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/xugejolumifawinotufita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/suxagajukejaguzumofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608f9c3c156003e58a7985d534ac758f/pozafopawivepezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkpefa.org/editor_upload/file/54792077274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles/file/xaxibufipine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/gemowomafemununafabigexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ae6aa5e04---60315213723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goreskyreunion.com/clients/b/ba/ba087d28c24afe6c5bc45fa062332e47/File/9832722031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e69ad5bff---kopojajepekuwoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075610af22d0---94888791836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928dc7e04d2b7ea63ad46303b17f0f0d/12417384863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=architecture+without+architects+rudofsky+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_off000125e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E4 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 71c7712f521aded453f3635681d650dccff23ac3377c8e1cb7a6ef1f45cc083d
font_01_sfnt_off000154ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CC4 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 0d78627472748ac1d3a14f7ddee170f6a3592e7954fa5584939286c169e86e6a