Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8001c829f2286cdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:29:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d132543885f111a734e821c0875ba447 SHA-1: f67a4e0d01a718535d5402085565847e373ec77f SHA-256: 8001c829f2286cdbbc35e9815d26856b0b485674bab68155e20349620ea7de71
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a PDF containing a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that likely lead to phishing pages or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.1297

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fee392748---89644716961.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipajivezixalere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.si/upload/28596131068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab893575122---guvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/17906735418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/ca2117e45911147bd377ed03475b74f7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/99018286529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9a0c05964---xiworenesixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakosunawugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d73f031c1315199898472ab6b411d0/divatusuwunaditosepewepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7029734182---gopovonuzazizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/pitutuvubepiruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/tunarikibunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8j0o5nq33c0ht85p4rsdgjid2/mubanudesovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/4077674361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed6e413ad76b6466b050ed600d261f61/lisibezuzebamajijinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/26885059626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/xefimaxikunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahdrilling.com/userfiles/files/nebimasobexamosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fd5daa250---2269562709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amul73d2iefo5u5dvegei909h5/57346288297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/72237231058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+kreutzer+sonata+and+other+short+stories+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e5a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB7 17636 bytes
SHA-256: b67735f718129f066b31a5e4cb8ae3aadee0249e6ae12b410d0bae804e30d673
font_02_sfnt_off00012af9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF9 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 2fab22f0c381e4e55355403aa1b9c36c7f207a5c3944dabf70fcacf3200da1ee