Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daac5f7f5dcbd732…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 06:10:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6bd55cdcdc7339e2922b664d2b81d5f3 SHA-1: 1878d47688f667c49c8b7510ef05c3b828b7d080 SHA-256: daac5f7f5dcbd732ed64c426bc128e000241e8d82a5f2befbf0a496bf6a8c3c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/14650802473.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c895f3495baf51de0551aaa43e4a45/93410271941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvidegepovikunuwinepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24fc8ca188a58f96bc1ec8bb523c5b00/lagufibajepixivawixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlinggreenhsclassof66.com/clients/b/bd/bdf8ab256cd88a603fc2b95a051c5839/File/minegolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5usdd50ee9m2f47t83ar5stibn/kaxowezeriked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/zofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/98058091965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m90djjvg6c6m3lcgivqld9ob7r/82048042106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c024724e98005fac149005db267a5d8b/wizoxirukaramufoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1b1a41e2a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70b699d99bf96e316d2ccf6cfc73a831/33433276124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/18787032377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb202870b68e47bcbb37b91b91451c8b/90733213702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9b618efc7---75749457696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9aea4326c7---zebukowureveloxewoxavifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/gakimikesedabutakutirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea7l7sa3ajd6jk11lq2756g01e/32561789915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/fijudatukumofuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/18124352395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/wufimasilesudasijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conroeclassof72.com/clients/d/de/de0acc14889d5d69ce6a2e221f3e79cd/File/16441251177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/kufinatemisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1003f4e6dbb9132c9729b00800d433a2/kasawigogibobalexukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=giant+defy+2+specs+2011PDF 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_off0001449f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1449F 18960 bytes
SHA-256: 5006479ad7e634307e986bd6a97885ec8fe1229978b70cbfd9e2188c7fbece49
font_01_sfnt_off000176ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x176EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018f05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F05 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f890cb63dab4006b0313624c650e8abce52289036caf842b72457649d220bbb7