Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac52ede603525c9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 08:53:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 48c52cc99d9851765181212909e39e8f SHA-1: 97983e277d5a8c28122aa3cf9e809c3b16d59815 SHA-256: ac52ede603525c9d5cc19211836d25ea5b09505d7d29608bd9f17e5fe8a16bf2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

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://bibonatura.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15128565875.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b60896900---58340027719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70e6d3e8ac---dikidododidifojugugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/zizozexeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8a6a550224e9acbdcf613490633d6c/68516095948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7203be1e31b1966976e424e3307729/13668082511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951659c17cd---93911115950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/gomuramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/8834973555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hfioas7o2iv7laofstgahg7vi/41572907734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2717486f6---wufikoxanixusukenosimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/gotavokilarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/9471663287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de9426d939---safosisoxujofamuvewote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/240356115772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/86367728019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a6cd9561e33274d80e7968b2b3c38c/97302535054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/girukalawirapumijugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/52479195558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac27aa9a189---gezosojemidixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21efspvcq3g9t2embftevco340/66225934323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/836464661c50f5e2c16d816d35d22a89/tigudifubutumujanorolape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c86ff35c50---77178743281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7bd0984af6---dexejopupegozepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19abcb6ddc---50632799303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74918e981a---taken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021070514263380554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=equilibrio+ionico+pdf+exerciciosPDF 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_off0000f5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EC 10824 bytes
SHA-256: bc287bc80452785705cca5a0d244ab69b415152493979b815e756b28e75c8a80
font_01_sfnt_off00010e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E84 20780 bytes
SHA-256: 5b93786670b8a062b3eb24e21b4e32385208ebd6a09a0c774ac13fdaccc5a3bd
font_02_sfnt_off00014245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14245 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1