Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 711f8cce80defe98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:25:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c59bacbcc77da0a24705a7b943d0c158 SHA-1: beb8d72856a03402f9d6ac41c62bcaa450be0e91 SHA-256: 711f8cce80defe989d4ce183c13f7914e2103667b4fbf9d3a6dbc3c92f2ad121
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/mewamobajitukamumigi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/12330057461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22501328634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/neludaxonija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30d249c1d2---67214131269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0cfbcd545f3b58ff69c3b90e0d7197d/91396140254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78865989098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/zefujefebisuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baxuxavakezavomisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161200b6e615ae---nuwome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/xajadotudujuzadapekexolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da57a7bfb68---tinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a0eb90a5d18ca8fc0fce4f7b603f503/32306036919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdd4834e1e3---widofazosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/xoserumunemibarasamejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/kimevikatadikipagidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fbe0444a1---53213219978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oalrhjtvnt2umtb16o8llkj4ju/wigatexigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/xosanoresix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af20d09c65d---96506978947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/kojalalolosixonizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/pusejepamape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=future+first+fwdPDF 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_off0000ebf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF1 17960 bytes
SHA-256: df2a625bb1a9856e8f2754dc881740061efd42f57981cff267387526727a01cd
font_01_sfnt_off00011a85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001329c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329C 10080 bytes
SHA-256: 4388a0a932021bd3f8bdc381b7401505d3d20d3309cbc725939c86a8e5b9f683