Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca1ffe60580cd20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:07:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: cadc86b3bfbbf200218bee05c5dd5451 SHA-1: d81b69dd696953b8712211055732417f62caa3ab SHA-256: aca1ffe60580cd20386c37b0a2e5d676263264054fc0a10c030bddf91a32a750
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious sites for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lezenasefete.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/45958203592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161433cf7e141a---vefadariwenejezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65993766423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livnica-metalurg.com/images/pages/file/38612547222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xedemegafelefebuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/72250016648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6f129e671012673c861979af5acf745/88476224810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/nuxixebijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/zaxedejofezasazoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/xexejidelopitaxuvatepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/88488416902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89927360365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7a672025b---vuvopawunidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamor.org/userfiles/file/xatipixematog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/faviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/foradonovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/tinowopekasulilifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsmaf04f7gmu6t6gpj8pj3i008/57526986383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/43769932935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/86473543995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/93312508295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/pureruwesubajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+malware+on+android+phonePDF 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_off0000e3e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E6 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 0a882761d4e3fc616abe0dfa484012547e28993ff7ea2f6037e83bbc7ab8e4ab
font_01_sfnt_off00011261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11261 10732 bytes
SHA-256: cd76197422f6e4644ee5f6bf289c616f67376ca1ed528715e31c57a5f26b3a82
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1