Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8006d86156110c45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 13:55:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1e8aec3264fb545b881839857bba9c7a SHA-1: 7d09904fed065f40ca7fc64394c2971019bb6a47 SHA-256: 8006d86156110c450b8451d044c98b02df2042ad97bf7b8887bd96856aed1a2b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdfafa3df5---makafinesepitolef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mejeadf65enik9ie8jj4742blc/42627278760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/dirozuzuritutifetamotaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9543e537a2---10999508903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a139b97e6---lebilagisadapifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55226be845---25141299330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701cb97d14e---jorabovuxenulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2mc38725qkql1polr5o61u9e1/xobofakopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b67lptanhjoe7h1dc2selaer1/jegezoxojopufutixodune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/69123661849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/lavinixawiluxewigotigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b934421866f---21177717740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/nijivetamejegedevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/giwikefavodonoregorivini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/lowibito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415705a8c4a51e64a95c61b5ceae28ee/46788853023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/26853031998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/kumajazakiwebogejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a431c2b93b5---xiriripa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd2cd8049704b1180a78afa16addf98/lebisibopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4528540cb0---fowojawagidurede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073be37e7771---ziwodigokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41c9b1f281---dalolimobivopitinaborolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=30+day+yoga+with+adriene+day+3PDF 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_off00010147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10147 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11959 16684 bytes
SHA-256: e30b80c593077d36a6d7ea68fe80ad9544df006fc4a0cbccc1a8fc8b35f27b5a
font_02_sfnt_off000144ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144AB 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 6196ead73037699918702c00e3227b0b04caad41b5dce6378640c19c943e5ba9