Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8330f618e085079f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

140.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 01:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 0b67f409be0146034959a5938431c33f SHA-1: 70cdc2d2b2846f5d750e19b3273b616a41adf3c9 SHA-256: 8330f618e085079fd9cef7692e5428452d6ec7908d49fbad17b335f4e5a2b6ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure to download a malicious payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9761

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/37599456432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021062804554273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tul17osfac9keiatfm0rh5u07l/6606048043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/59757201597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/wibidejeregegopopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/xajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3as25ntaurvfui1q6l1r4mjva8/zixowovipofudexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b4c15f96---samudonidubekusitamimata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/sizogudurutimimubiziziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empirepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/15502173515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b934733feda---62056758896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/56055253996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50640612518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae37dcb8eac---85853980536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hf1968.com/clients/48820/File/fanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e441a8c9d8dca1eae2017a44dce9ebe2/21554661433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa0297af39---relulexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b36810bb49---81768920174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/45119251810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607b818e096f9---vezasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c400d266d30---litobideguronotamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df894e09d2e---43476716415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608652c02a55a---mopatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e0719f4dd---goparuxuwiduroxinigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081074014510---vepibupowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13e4d37c435bf7d467aed740d52eabe/detanexepumetotizogukiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=oxford+right+byte+2+teaching+guidePDF 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_off0001c41c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C41C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001dc33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DC33 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 4238547eb2b5b166a632b624f00b1f4c143797979770c7b5d03d3f3f06546219
font_02_sfnt_off0001f614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F614 17312 bytes
SHA-256: 682f1a51207260e22b73e975cb58827fc9234adf80915e728b0c58e4a55602ed