Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daec1dc3b68a04b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-30 16:18:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 65b31821c581a9623071a0e10c794493 SHA-1: 5e0750715bb49d09caf57c9381419ae18b91bb2a SHA-256: daec1dc3b68a04b7ce0f8a6ea589723c3cfe78f80934ad79d94a19bfaaa6e4bb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded links. It contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131163939629---45667022002.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/45487707180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/gamuwevewowawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairandoil.com/uploads/31811229364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/52073198681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/paziririferedenadaxopared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/bebufadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/forujuxoponafaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dceef751d8---bisixiposizefunakulinesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40619091210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/nawivuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/kabuniwelutesudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ac99d9f8f4---wiwafozazepidaritoboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.larucheapain.fr/ljk/file/62390960821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/7206768928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/22710641443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/maraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcraregistration.com/UploadedData/file/tigezigokabokujatojofezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/kelivafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiponefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/sirenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wanna-drive.nl/files/File/rajubogezibipusiruponive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38304502263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+apps+2014+kaPDF 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_off0000adfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADFA 14108 bytes
SHA-256: 9ae94bdd7f977d8521f2b7f7be41d6fd2da5fd3c661b56ca2ea8b95b22cce4f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EF 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 7ee0b6e6c85b1e2385c6280f136d20bcb8abed5f6d4c0d1ae2a1763a1c8b01ba
font_02_sfnt_off0000e961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE961 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1