Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac657bf0b62af56c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:06:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6f541bd150be97c7de14ad89c6c238f5 SHA-1: 7ef617caaac2fed53fce5524d127675d0c1aafcf SHA-256: ac657bf0b62af56c79f36ae03b5f24d9879e30976bdee218dd7a73bc9a21d3e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This structure suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, potentially leading users to download further malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c66041db8---63049181346.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9749c3bb17fbf946e868ecd6e30762/26785220838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6e1669d9144f1f5da474d88c6d0ffa/43502692954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2331f6b26cbf66545b7d8a763a8fe97/mevedumexoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894bf50360e---loderitujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/togefepugewonumuvokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/68593221417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6nmv017gigh9ed9m0ng0ltfj2/dewuvodafonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/95570700350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99183107320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4ab7ca49---vupovalekatowotekitagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ph0cm3sl9h5t6fr5od4splv62/6321803791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/9695146105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/boloropalebasofenule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071530742681---87327087934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/88807858355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnej3f1ao2t79mac4f69c7fctr/vagupenisebapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b67145abb525b89eb59db4cc15e89e0/jador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/2051069873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607443ba103b5---jetorewuwuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/90232945596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/wafilawolexuluzekulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878d7270448---zovamadebibowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=midpoint+relative+frequency+cumulative+frequencyPDF 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_off0000daf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF2 11032 bytes
SHA-256: e8c437a31553717c035342a4bc5634c11fdb4ebb23e5faccd0ba646c331bed7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF468 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 059e495e8fdb70bbf6203d96b84f135aed94e32056ef189565f3d77e7bfe36a3
font_02_sfnt_off00012388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12388 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1