Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac5c6b62f59802af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:00:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 78b0e3401d34d9d0def94934348cc2bf SHA-1: 3449715f662d548ee1f4f42b388796f2f68a52f4 SHA-256: ac5c6b62f59802afb392e9e9668a33a234c6d3b880bdfea4d41a4b3e6a89686b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, a common tactic for phishing lures. The 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into changing payment details.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130253874c1e---zamab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/75944586067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15973348437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/fetosijomodunatilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojumijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/71734781879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/13796446083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokaichenyu.com/upload/files/37387337333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likisofexezezunifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/lefezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/48227604099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395f63c53da---60055155986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614088b610c1e---mexadoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/52596781241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/govomowipanupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/57968292300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34919901452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/2356604552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17923997014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ed2d08a50---57245011229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/92024345921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/bisexafoduvafevigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91c66ca8e120cd83cfceda6c77f555e/pimafuridobumazubizisifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/40578818701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/95443451137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=add+new+google+calendar+androidPDF 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_off0000f952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF952 18424 bytes
SHA-256: cd9d1657cf9edf1791486174935ab6c02a48a717eef9682c91af52d746ad3ccb
font_01_sfnt_off00012aa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142B8 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd6af75913bbe4626d888a98b20c509456702657bc8139477d591f6f9b47999