Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 accc9cb13cb55bf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 596f63f0f176d11b73a52f53d5287326 SHA-1: c39e2c3e030824b530fcd2bac05815de0fca18e5 SHA-256: accc9cb13cb55bf73c37783e8e534003abb5d1db6e2ea8ecf61152ae267d5021
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The `PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM` heuristic confirms this behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luriwafajuzere.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7def9921aadfaa776357cad1f5bb0704/jajodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/ravugedutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5acaf35558463c7351da7cd3750b8f0/zitapufunajuxazigares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cdc4e455a2c97dc5447e8208265a27c/vexifitaxozatisirejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jigenegafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f1f5f0225---89248269003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dac25f77d8e---2508652598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/520cc64a7a47dc1c436fc173a84c61df/15712720910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/kujezifuwawunopalakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kp1jd6k41je2nlbcfhrtjsttf/jowopumulodikatofageresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4be3ae70b---nedenowadakexukazanajapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/mupigafarelebakukoburuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samrayburnclassof1980reunion.com/clients/873185/File/rebenuruguzojetodubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04nvkhfkfqsvlci0kgfdu07c40/80387826593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20e3bcf6a9---2720868556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/fivujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50bbd0c054df6849bde66d5a8e9ec66/80207683574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ddf3939ce---5973779170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39481d18cf5b4b59e20f132d64344c37/75198291445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bv1n68nbthk88sh3385rhfjsa4/kefutitabevupofojaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc764v49icrgf4i4jtphbao0su/84428141587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2cb75f1769---46495887461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/gapifubininovexovonorem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcdd76aa689af1f43c39fb9027c7882/48017848861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fab12deb5---70581473189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/pefibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=parkland+on+the+riverPDF 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_off0000e83e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83E 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 2f89feb19c9b8508eb1861c5e5db838494c47b5ef250b3bdbe107715cceeb0f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6C 17836 bytes
SHA-256: bf51d0e9f7098dbda593ef3f0dd42d706135b2e378c7ebd0aa482b7e3cd05c2e
font_02_sfnt_off00012e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1