Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac2fa747d0dbaf4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:58:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 2c63deb6e18acd72db99c22b10c2f0fd SHA-1: 14f062ad6b96529fd31ef9972f5726524e0bb891 SHA-256: ac2fa747d0dbaf4a919358c370cae37bafaa28599de147c3800045adcc89a104
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious URLs. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the PDF is used to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites, likely exploiting a PDF vulnerability to achieve initial execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=non+communicable+diseases+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfru991ssfvqm0crc1g8dfc5ur/mabixunexogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazososuredileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfab958424---nefapabuwarurobavele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/siledeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hojoairport.com/images/file/24125823507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12259866122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/89917442458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd369d7623f---70139173726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e17bf447458636eded882e0abd2d718/nakotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/72194917027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/semeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/39041064202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/kopodedumovevejozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ae5f9b97d2ba9114dc6020b6ea8df9/36543484587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/63793365879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6878fd3942754e16022a2b5ef9308a9/50019004409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845787a3487---madodavuxexisokofupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985bdbc247f---70152960754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobiligennari.com/userfiles/file/50583825670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt8jq915m6jo5si5eogl164d55/jokedivupusaladimused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afcf362dc4---73735000650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrksd29o3taunhqtbcr90aj5gr/47690929865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3d83cf5f8a3ed923a96915022595d2/vugopibudufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/16412116067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c48f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC48F 16596 bytes
SHA-256: 5283fd434bd85f59b9b06bb11b1c713cc0154bc86397fa01232f91b2809327dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 30e97d49600b59d4b900f519383ab9c94222e9cf06559e56944a13100d5f6c40
font_02_sfnt_off000109c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1