Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8007b12f0c26403a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:52:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 829ff30057aca6bfdbe43564a82db6c3 SHA-1: 223072e4a8d76bedae62a838fd0a4c972d30e6ba SHA-256: 8007b12f0c26403a0084452ca411efaa3886c6dc5ce82cd110b58219f2b80ca5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to external sites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of these links suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious websites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution are indicative of a phishing or content-luring attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+jack+of+spades+are+in+a+deck+of+cards
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9215499a1f---xakabuxupozisak.pdf
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/8927603283.pdf
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/83614852381.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/fafajonebavujuki.pdf
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/likijavulopagumoj.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntar23ci266v66e0rkc0a4do9u/gavajomim.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/87563272047.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2beb96d5b8---weweguledugofus.pdf
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/12074554110.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962a0rh8a7pd37eer5065vr7p0/giseseve.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608addf7d9232---22208691645.pdf
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6at01vanqkhhmdsi2t4qj7sln7/12718386945.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebb94b7b16---71692518206.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fe275489b---mikuxijazosabiliz.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f8deeadbb---lojotutaxukijibof.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608117375a8ea---vetugalikot.pdf
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/funot.pdf
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/33940325064.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/bonixibigepifas.pdf
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/vukoxu.pdf
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/53319191630.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ec9ba5f3c2e8fd675140e91a7a44f2/furanomiguwasower.pdf
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/konebakuxanijir.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee8f.bin
6e73bd3c64b6eea326ad4de4907e03f50632a9b124863f2142a9d58224dc083b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8F 19524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000122a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013aba.bin
151011c0709aa26dc6eb6eb379385ee8b44f0b8b67bd6de316cea70269f30236
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ABA 11048 bytes