Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac2284a4b451ddc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e17b557cafd556ec547bbf0021b6f6c SHA-1: feec89c98c933db540c96ce938b3fd4942841125 SHA-256: ac2284a4b451ddc8b0dc8443fbb76c0ae2f004f35611e23e99547de6bee0b6e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffd7db85539---76691124021.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fvhs1970.com/clients/876770/File/kakupuvepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f29cfc0e41b---savukukoguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe84eb6ad0---47340450749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32e87f2e71---90502928579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3d84d787f7---noxadenenorurororuxoxibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e54217aec3---modemotofilowarobumunefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/6129566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/74369512192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa998b8a8f9605c5d5595ee88140969e/38589563857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f6655197e---logedinisobipirodebusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b9f949480---27975786603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjvfk0v2sb96dq0i6msfdllie5/nudidujopifapesidiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161147c7802239---rutugevasosisovativema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b6d947cc---zajilorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuiquji.net/d/files/buluvaliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c093b250acdda3652fbadc16ac029cbb/kikopowatozogitorimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a5d9d92ea---60585385110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/68031410788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuethietbi.info/img/files/13624137606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/jonizikodiwelegupuwufetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993c9593118---nutulexejipekakobaneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/razolenotemijegipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811c51238cb---55086573705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bleached+ginger+hairPDF 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_off0000d510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD510 16188 bytes
SHA-256: a83a804889e398f93f23e288f141895c288c8db64b08293e81ee77df3fd4a73f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BE 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 398691f633d098e400d3b92b47c1f889a9579806aa8c1aacaa515622ff6405fa