Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cac6ccd69224ac14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cdb067e851100e2132a37eb4158c2cb6 SHA-1: 1ae40f5f9e34f634ab33ebf3406a14336d40abcb SHA-256: cac6ccd69224ac143cac881f51d5897f7633ff5f843780d4435c74d6216829d0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites, and impersonates Amazon for credential phishing. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+shores+of+gitche+gumee.
  • 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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a045b13b8ec---fukomamepubenala.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/lubojogipezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26414207748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c95fd92e1---12115894849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/folenorosorexuxesadatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/77080957268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840bc080251---lumevuvolazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a80cd3db1b---pewazoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/zajegedafezanufekoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0a0dcefc283528ba0fa10cddb19a73/fijiwegikepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d9e9d4f3---67083539711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2554b0ed91d07e1a42ed2152b22ad05d/simiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f902c085e---fusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072846a002be---22896623053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/nononadegogijalonemogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbfc800c52---7123962837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607417268e543---954547998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a0df10c0fd8898f1067eeed858ee2f4/ribitusifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/mokigub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e8d97bc422e11587c96c1af42880a91/fekilabilisepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9239po6c6ifn36387d10ak41j/81042328864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+shores+of+gitche+gumeePDF 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_off0000fb20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB20 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 0a62536be4f3e25ad01ecf7e3d3bda8a44f40c48e3170557da5f1b6aab639eda
font_01_sfnt_off00011391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11391 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA3 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 696fb8846d1446e631cda58ac54703d8bb9633e89a5b6d956e5f94e82c570110