Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac4db9011878977c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:30:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb6d6f50d855544020756cfe78835bdc SHA-1: 35f879b5fee2581d8b1021e005953e9f6f06adc1 SHA-256: ac4db9011878977c2b56faaf9153de67efc894ffd8919692124333277719c9b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with critical and high severity firings. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting domains. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/55770943668.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/85082463183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/58364107601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/160f1830ab3299a7b356c9c5dd0f5eef/55217350189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/61799510090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adrpq9q14vmihr3v26l49suom5/gebenikipowojifafinemebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiokclassof65.com/clients/d/db/dbefc63a503cf3d3a4f9fb61678ecc08/File/27496507661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790c346ce57---96051764476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4fc1fcff2e---84133015594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b32ed6eae9c1f01748d420b1755e5b7/17111192425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a9cacb77e---soxoziserukalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609253de92aed---zemopatatoneniri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0667ce827b---51747129912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432grfvg1bsqge82riftme9kpi/94489834375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91736817767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/65909379996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/75692169912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/felomadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deb96be8a47---92876533517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/30215993728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/16910040735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39438f2cf2a72b3e7e96952f49a1dce2/vukizurakadunaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2021.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/zolosoferu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/57939604301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7a03742c5746d741ba6d63a2dd40fef/81073846677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44eicq4r3ltpgucspg1ktmg805/63953050806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=guia+de+cte+cuarta+sesion+2019+secundariaPDF 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_off0000e8cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8CF 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 5617e4d096e43bf07d2666e161baa66209db6912e0178d57a833ac7972427718
font_01_sfnt_off000116d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012eea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EEA 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 252c797c05a4433d686ce22ea2c112ea3dbfadbdda9b7046faf4a8850e7c94fc