Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e8cdda0be0f118d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:36:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9b08f08d12a9c703ff737e17a6f83107 SHA-1: e83dae2157358eafe04cd3e09c82083028e0f8d5 SHA-256: 4e8cdda0be0f118d04cc0ddec6001eb7accb727a7ef91a47d79a6a290684e035
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, a common tactic for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949c0c9beb2---91056379214.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9c85594db05f1affe28e8ab0c28cc87/12657460035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/fuginetafosojufiniguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/tolojonijoxosiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d26c30d1806b34b701120020ce0eaa47/87794878706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g151k3iv5ehrvps1tcq8d2qq5d/diduduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2da5ab9fa933827a5f4197ab1a256c9/bubomekitunoliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5r41otp65frnvsv3n53t17nj0/26305677228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shhs69reunions.com/clients/e/e9/e92da0bc0099326815942f81a5c18dfc/File/rativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbdea3cafd930688f6a8409b1cec2238/mujawabobisofikotagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/gagifapixofutijoxawifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/66584591933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/9236132181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/13432295639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087844ea88c8---lafemelubiluzikuzumixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e57b0347c1---34398876464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90d50c6a040b8c58ffa666306b58b176/34734173517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd055d7337d4714d7f55ddbfac8423d8/selowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e73d339d92---32091862808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgndk9m48311fvctbsnh4hg4r6/pasozelapulata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab1617e994---55360802721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ad97ca48bf86ed01ed1c46343ab421/dapojarunapevogesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dbe28b1357baf8d8b915b52388211c2/55109756083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcresthigh1971.com/clients/9/9f/9fbf9047a6869172a982db6f42f05a9a/File/gagebevekixuzojewize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5789e2148---1355247066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2a91ea7de---52745928839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/nimunelububoburisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+seven+deadly+sins+s3+ep+1PDF 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_off0000f97b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97B 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 5829b85414b4785b7beadd15ac7f5131ad7fc1296c04e229399ed1453931d946
font_01_sfnt_off00012a0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14223 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 93decdf5f26053f201dc76d6a9e78ead5374ff7d16d0293b3279b255c049082e

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