Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82cafdfc6f962f27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 17:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b45e4303a30e136adf8e5dcc00632b1d SHA-1: cd234092d1a4da2e3e034ac8538dd233240e2725 SHA-256: 82cafdfc6f962f27d0b0fc4b51f4465917481bf69ddb2271c768a74056276ba7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a site that serves a secondary payload. The PDF's structure and numerous external links suggest a phishing or credential harvesting attempt, possibly disguised as a document download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0abfad13e---53959427355.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/tedebixisavetiwusonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/rekasududopediloxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/88842521422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace19264b56---68012883028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873b12a554f---wapuwujipifiligusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcgp2k245jucbhj7fl7jknef3n/52001075622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/sikibuvedunujup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/80961957783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a133dddea2c---41705001163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcae0e15854---45375798608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830abd855df---dadirojoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/fifuduretalija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609485cc6f139---medebimafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/fiwigonasemoxuwibilepugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f047a489---suwilewuxemosototugatule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/40867020288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985e2daa8fa---vivosakorawizajozulilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/50713302586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ple6ocm2kgtp521ouvhcmbk98c/garobikifibipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/44675317198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096286e92f7967dd54d95d805d9834f3/20203394893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=throne+of+glass+buy+onlinePDF 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_off0000eecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DF 17516 bytes
SHA-256: c8a1e06611af668aa8dd960f090e52100a55cd740bf4929e0b133ee8e8da12a8
font_02_sfnt_off000134f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F7 10712 bytes
SHA-256: e7d454a3cf5fb0898f086ef7a65fc1cc8588557bba43266229e1defd10c91a72

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