Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 828fcfe55916bfbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f52a6cc655541b9a99c40d91ef8657a7 SHA-1: 5e93eeb404ccb35a80527c4cb2245ae54e335f44 SHA-256: 828fcfe55916bfbb349af7c67824fd378644b2d4b371b08cbbc0c33abff00ad6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm that directs users to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via malicious links embedded within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2e60701e7---67337299945.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marbeyoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/79390148262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e26ad950a---tunilipufozujogunufanoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16e9cce30f---58382668424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijb17p3fksdusj7ajp5hmv58c3/98359328060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/rukokadefogarinatirexeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifunanuxalutemobavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/17619208761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/lujinoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68409066038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba466a5417---73594582950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde0c5f543a1da7177271fcc874646d0/46167710497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79786afdba---68942827187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hufiles/82440954566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a862566eb5c---28448623015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b706735a---barekumepabozovulipobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74815b647e2f5267f79e6891486c58f0/3556547463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3d154efc---48744542494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c00ac8f2b8568e2445f553079d10b1/83757924870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/rolisinozonomibisekedijis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/87634770368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/14504048207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021052506224436542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camptagola.com/clients/66689/File/pitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd08408324---gukasugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=react+table+pagination+codepenPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9f81c8033e---26523269804.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_off0000e7bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BF 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 33cd82c6237a8f5517ca8e779d307496cff970fa45a40f842411f565541cad3a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9A 18684 bytes
SHA-256: da53cbc1523c6ec05a9dc38b0ce95ecbaaec52a51baeb7145d6166b60e4072a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1