Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0852504433ed1466…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 14:05:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b678883300cbc6cf8b5a83777c29bc02 SHA-1: 390570cb56a2501d5c71824919e5f98452bff6b7 SHA-256: 0852504433ed14665d35a584a6b6eec88812e28e6754878e954b9963fb9bf403
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9709

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4210894641---35743610343.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a083dd0c097---kudawebumesopuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/xidorinenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e80fbe78c---kakomemiweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f1e19e04c---36386927582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/madogan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03gnt3k3166uvjclfdh6f9aup3/9203108865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffec89d3ce9f9a4274f97a469d062fd/21787339184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/48918936039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/dexogojazasanoguso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/pizegisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/wupoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c2c588c2d---bolusizanefutupenawibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbb5de5a28---74974704387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/47700978132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337036121922cd8c453b8fb5c5770e09/bipukomutivalatilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/60740413643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/zabanigatuvovezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d8d000d1---semuworaxojerovuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/xagipobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2fb22560f2---438033462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/sutenufawovuxalotaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a4b2764e5b65a8d3c62654765d8bbe/12847422842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33543755525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/garasixajivoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e12b621c8---fepularupomoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7368e631---55347633943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=shrink+forms+of+verbPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3F 2064 bytes
SHA-256: 5221cc56e96b657ff7c15f49bf1fbf1b5222e15cd7ffd769ce953162a3e53832
font_01_sfnt_off0000f47e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF47E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C95 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 06b8fd8bd8c716ac28f6df7977223f63db3aee595a37007d046822b4e0eb71dd
font_03_sfnt_off00012467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12467 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 0031c3c2ba3b90d97080a977e9401a565477d1436ef4c4b456ff0784fff818bd
font_04_sfnt_off00013dde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDE 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 31e91de177526d0ae891ffe0dad1cfbed70b448985911bd2f3d1093e76d22fa7