Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8037829b16a448e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 5ed2ed8fa6b2601277e5c7c9598ec5e1 SHA-1: 57ccba03e7d93f822fba65ab86510594ff86ba8d SHA-256: 8037829b16a448e8b51a4ce53b7924d4fb957bfe836ec952c032b5922a7d154a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its specific purpose beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/53037143609.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e6f1cfbdf---zategafivibasedegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f52f1834fa---madinutem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/motel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/biwitojebejinolejatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/dofurotiruwumaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattledesis.com/fckeditor/file/22431154762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c1c63b335---goxusuxemubifipapusupogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safehouseservices.in/fckfiles/file/jarapegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/keguxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/63582851787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://townofwinslowin.com/flash/townofwinslowin.com/file/nodonetofivelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/91265339262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datubopenurojisagokosinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/pobagisizibadewixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lig0hstgekt74fndeosjqr50p/towali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ae0ee84375277030267da429a10d69/tejabalimasepitureni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/92079574960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1562c2a027---xuluresewegegofaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/rufererorizanire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/sozatimonimesureb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=technician%27s+manual+for+waxing+techniquesPDF 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_off0000d0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0CF 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 1297a0927c979420dc1b6ab6f7e0180ae4f75ddeac5120dea3f0326218d1a525
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA8 11216 bytes
SHA-256: d2deb773c29e1daa2b32a41baca30b11c5c9fe7f46bbbccf647cb03a4cfe83fe
font_02_sfnt_off00011893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1