Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac7b511fd7d48fb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 14:07:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e0f6edd981e9f1c2dad3b55defd5468a SHA-1: ca9694fcfea538a4249660a936e12618b71b8224 SHA-256: ac7b511fd7d48fb7c4dfb6607107f413d0834ea4c572d8632c96d053899dfa33
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF documents. These links are designed to appear as legitimate downloads but serve to distribute additional malware, likely through the exploited vulnerabilities in the WordPress plugins.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609835134909f---nalunamabive.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce7ae061ea1babb2a80038703e42e0a/latomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094849ddc871---80267029708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/29557967884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/18011135645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569654c42e3d982d3d13047c9c955eea/segawositubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m765biu5gr7omfh8v4qt7ip8vl/7122290770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/22219522329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galokebuvisonufijujaleren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2056144f1c9d0e999c1b14a4a90529f6/34783514790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbdeb73f1de---54562632315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6ffd6a8f021d22c870a12407fec4cd/34987995003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/32780466209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6cbf82c91---94584136816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7a186047d---36983199951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4af14580553b7d4ee4ffb9c5bbe9a12/teniwufobaxusobivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/11698436355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/gixodakoxuguzolumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/xamonadidoxuwowidifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/jolijasosigokujuxakeloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/namuvidabibamagoxafekofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87c067deb5---77995283969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=english+book+for+bsc+1st+yearPDF 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_off00010349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B60 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd33e1466a941fa461aebfa9b98dfb682e89d49be6b62d34d008bbbc6fa1836
font_02_sfnt_off000134ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134EA 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 92de68398708af09898ad956d436c70124a6abb2d04b77deb006de190bd8c74d