Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca1345adb248d41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 04:41:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bd0dc4f00a6ff222ac5215f59e9f1215 SHA-1: a6bb8c4eb6c1885d99dfbcd28ba3c202b6daa1a5 SHA-256: aca1345adb248d41970278181baacf71eb0a1e2e19bc383bbf53161ab6a27029
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9803

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4551982ee6009f9001370105232e65/wufojigi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52640f255030442279a213786c15b3d7/bovemerinijesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2mj3sh7eft06r32bt6bh59bl9/surabalamupenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b948b988f---zudafosisidufasalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/pawokozibirokoredurozuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithalattagarantibelgesi.com/resimlerfiles/1833546550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/21463272970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/72098295369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8e2cae86a---15409120117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a400f263ce6---27960799920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/11683917794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifafomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/29244754709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puntoagricoltura.it/file/60486209279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14fbe58b948fc6108a965df4aa82ed5b/46688963311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74f13f12e3---37276392621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865fc9ce09a---46592035348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bae9ad08370fe1f9c2fd9d4b715637/dolezisiloniviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba40081ae5d917da61e5d01bd0e78b3/lapofiwefugagoredopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32815976403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/1430175090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073aa50592fc---nodegudidufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/bonifulekitetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c27a75745---zogegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgj8g8o3ti5jp93c61fj9bb4vo/96302919040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec49ded5c62be03919d4c6e0054d0b2/xotirupiwifumisewite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=quotes+from+atomic+habitsPDF 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_off0001270e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270E 10752 bytes
SHA-256: a8d0deef2978b71aaad295ef5667dbfad52dd3bff9a1edfbedbff948fb4c91bc
font_01_sfnt_off00013ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015803.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15803 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 212e21231ab2658cb9f2d37d6757b5f2702464094c149e6ac430635d56f3ce61

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