Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cac35d7a9c890a76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:02:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7c03bf84a4dcf0b243455f4940051b13 SHA-1: 1f57e817176199c68e75914e87739df746088f03 SHA-256: cac35d7a9c890a7682ec885c75a3eac42721c2a98ebd20eb8cbffccd8661af41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting it may attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to external sites. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/065494c2b7e38114df780b3b4d894425/79930082000.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsb4u6a6nmge2u4i80ieql3g83/73210037841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21159329155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dcb72e1d1---favomezosikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fe42e8c07---rabamixabixone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/71395091499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf5c662a033750bec7596aa838999ed/guzuterubaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf47bea262---77427924687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2902022155feb9259017b2713e804d6a/temipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9bb0dff88a495e21c1ea96d0dfec0a/43816465080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c1d4d904cefc5b5897b31e408a63d2/24236246992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc76743ef5---mizavodiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/kiviwapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850eb236969---jodorikofojubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5cffafe52---wiwazumefugafuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b629ce9da---91898322271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sj2snk2hbhdlk78jsrql38o20/46087806303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ba13f2323---3540299264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/804ab49b4d840ba72b09ead08a7b1ea4/lalogebimofuzulireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d367e90b93c25398d97611e53bb6cd/83721439581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6d2cd6795---33270851523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c447a441c79a5fb795c3eef5c1a5feed/20684971860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4253536060c195d32f2cdb7d550559d9/5416832126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5f58b266---jigapekukuletitizibuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/jotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77db0b49a1f07fd479d6bfe964d88ce/81269721666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=i+can+sing+it+acapellaPDF 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_off00011031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11031 10280 bytes
SHA-256: a037f651d77579e9efab993332c02b502195be1b40349f39148d4335f6935e21
font_01_sfnt_off0001277e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1277E 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 0224c89b49c48d74a4d0e7d09668afe676b45182d352dadd532292d12e047408
font_02_sfnt_off00015779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15779 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1