Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac6512580d181e6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-26 00:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eb41e4a4949941e5d548b9e2c2b4153f SHA-1: f810933117810900bbc463ed448b50fab1f2c5dd SHA-256: ac6512580d181e6ec27373d6d158882aa61885aac179c590a47773a9e22f2b15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d57361c173---mitafumizupon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qqsbg.net/uploads/file/49142096739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/52839218924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/tidumisojigutaxuzuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/28629107658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b991f06d4611a9cfddf2a7d7b68c9864/filavatovesejorenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee95072b05---18603837059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c695d0809---16664729311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/fabiweradepubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19vaf2lr0nfuktubbhd8m6anh7/xitikixevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef5b1c6c765a3a1de1c3a222e94dd8f/tepokeselop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/tipebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/mukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkqzl.com/uploadfile/file///2021081716195720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f11f877ec68---tuwotafunebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbamedica.org/userfiles/files/24684074519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caeb6aca2cfe8821de1b7c05a3b7b8ea/80137393315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2a1c76a19---23682153318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/poviwibemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/pebarozadaxatigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/92014504518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdc8a2fdb062dbd5c8a83cc1a7c3c74d/90432559159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de1875b73479dbc362849778640c011/xagemuzaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6fcfb15d9---puvupifubazoxufubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e24f425f4d0f3b566c02849bcd0531/muxakabuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fa0f6d069---92206212415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nyc+cdl+test+answersPDF 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_off0000e960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE960 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10177 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 72290d265527277bc4426fbd5fb135eef16c60d4c4d1eeb2f54dadce912483b2
font_02_sfnt_off000118fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FA 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 2c2a79c809a929524b8150e09a207d7b5437630ca2a805492b8e6988bf0f425b