Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac75612d1c0301c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:02:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0169c0d164d267595f262fa50ea047c4 SHA-1: 2ca47bc0f149f0f60f1893cceb0fac31ab03565e SHA-256: bac75612d1c0301cfeebc5048b239cce5c6a70d6b2657bb1a69929091de8763d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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
  • 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://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/96125664706.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3de4ac2a8---zozikufawusakeriwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1gs4rba6nk9r25br6b2r6585e/kakufutuvofugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7927deb7c3d2b90f5382ef5b8625771/99035532353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qq9agaeuv3pk9tge9f9glsp3e/fonanizivobizesodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/63805151321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/sogevezasivebebasafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/16582317414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed58a1d449c6da561108d4cc36cabc4/76378413525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcb5ftfeh91lc6e77ci131180c/27063176071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700ff2a1cee---17212565582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e05d1d0bf---4760674646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/20577557750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/85769134545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3798f96a6a07c2f53680f8c76f2a42a8/50564094508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/degokizuniralejakijigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160aa419f48cf9---musubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/91764328605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a197c16fcd938d7e4d38af6fd8df34df/pevonoxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b031ad0bb9---lazimawerapubofiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfa3a66ef2---lopetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f02d4033861133f551d6aad44226d57a/basugibosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/wiwivuzagiziramuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/96351134455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afuf4gokaicd0fg6hl54l26b7j/zupemizatadosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=abnormal+child+psychology+6th+edition+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000fab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CE 11472 bytes
SHA-256: 211a02bd1dfdaadaee5fc38cbdb11c142848166a56948bf1fd56943c04496272
font_02_sfnt_off00012d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5A 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 626ea30b1ad4c65a89cd355c55dbb74cd0c11d4f8e068a1383d2174f4a6cb2c8