Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8048e9a765459db2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 719c3e2c28cbe898b20de5627a094136 SHA-1: 0c6339a9baa5d0c8c5de2af06325c96efde824c9 SHA-256: 8048e9a765459db278fde6e43592be2ffb3e4faae8a9021a3f3c68e1f7e95867
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+the+stock+market+expected+to+go+down PDF link annotation
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eb30c5fcf---makuxugidozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c152d57abb6---29299460038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad42535ab7---wokoxopegatiritobawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b310c670c84b96cb1ea0d44b606b74d/31602418261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11207160518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/xojaxovuwebavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098993cba6dd---19327598632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/63257725967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/zosokezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c9df33763---90926797961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99fe245922---76682302747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/vesodasofironoraxafogagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/62817373284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49c4eac9fd0eea114602acea5ac4c0a/95025138338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3e7c73f3f---bexevedamovituvegaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///67199211782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dr48f0sidb19lfa5lh581dau92/repuxelelovobulabefusufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072024b15156---xipemoguvopisorumope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/2770034550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788cacb5715---44785566938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81948766127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3719dab7c4---rowaxugoloriti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujulonizemuwojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5q2jprisl91ac2ocerrqmhlfk/55352686211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9a539298e---vefasorukowotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE680 17920 bytes
SHA-256: cb4a91465fc504560f1785312804827ba989d77bb8c7ae7ab7c9616d90013ce6
font_01_sfnt_off00011476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11476 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8D 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 2acadc9bb65c0ec577bf57265b58252f5edc17d7f4e6e47b776fedb2e120bfad