Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac8549df4b2bb47e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5f32918facaa8138b15eacaa908c4b27 SHA-1: 89f0e9ee4f98675dedecf340c110b04981d822ea SHA-256: ac8549df4b2bb47eb4685452175e2cbf768d78899db54e184673f922afd381cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure to redirect users to malicious content. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://wsbtitan.com/images/file/53396871953.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/721bb56008aeaa29ce72354ebc3acec4/vujitowegavaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021061017433973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmi.nfe.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webesexatapuvatimubimobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/030a8125d331e98ee0d4b69e2af43890/26023991931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083747f0babc---18610095270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210709150500394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aeea3a2bd2---47216529880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbee05c11a---sofunirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734f7a39986---43782090926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784ab213892---dadobowejitidavurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posh.hr/files/susumorajivujukovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/towesosivamilovoditoboxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/86619053965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a70e6bcff83c0c9d122496a436414ce2/89673066541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f0d5dfb1ba6b9957394e327d4ff374/71117233868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9728f05ad2---tadexomowixosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f06bad1b68---matasiluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf9e41ed11b2f8e694e106aa0970639/dukaramaguluzazasubotore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c5e07f10b50645c31edbef293bf8a4/mutako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudimixarazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/bibizobatagutapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=polyhedron+with+9+facesPDF 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_off0000d1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D3 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 07c4ffbd14a2107e87e4e1fce305ba8d6c7fcc29887bc1b8310a21a906377369
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB45 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 5786780b257054d94a0283579ecffe670d5952343ef3068d218b30a18880d9e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1