Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8370135566adf63b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 09:26:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 03ca55833bae09571ef85b9d790a5181 SHA-1: 955974e24b773e1121bd4d8c3e8cbd25783688f9 SHA-256: 8370135566adf63bb2e60d576d3700ff83af41d63b085ee1015197a1e90d8719
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, a common tactic for distributing malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded URLs are designed to lure users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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 http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96ea179dcb---tivujeriguge.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/buvitenexixetikegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a391682ca46---vazarafafawawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lepal.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90297329328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/70118649137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85698cf46cbb87dfc873f10b0725c78a/nabenagokimejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907458131f8---tumifatebagawewumitaralep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/65925260551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/keforapigigabepepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/fegelotiwago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/kavowijuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085df01cbd13---domogixewinavoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/74065961542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43577602966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solo-enoant.com/content/files/files/tekuxodazagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/tojunugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/41415635523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/zusufelavejezogifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50572404103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/28879630286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/78207717582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbee12ba6cd---kononud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/zopefasofepipaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a06e20b2517dd9a040c6da85730b47/pisedesuluwujuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/2533864817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/palaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ed28125f34e70e4957fd4730a76016/50705715815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=elsevier+veterinary+assisting+workbook+answer+key+chapter+11PDF 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_off0000bbdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBDC 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 83acfc5037c28ab80175d626fe1613d5f4651814e1306f692bd75261b05f3312
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E8 15200 bytes
SHA-256: f16e5651ee957bcaacb96175f82233d8f6a8cefc7581a0a0cd975d6dafc72f8f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1