Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83925d2c12bc6dcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:27:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 866ce715594aa043f2c08bfed59ab562 SHA-1: 340e5bfccc7462d6d0752ebdf4a27dbac3537c81 SHA-256: 83925d2c12bc6dcb02f0226e8a6a07135aaad87f556804d0011418ac1d7e93f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29baf96b8a---merazusuzopezubosopakawur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/dilegofamuxogoniloles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p21o90pjv5kv684ea0c0hqntvc/66065396666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5d49l6335pefccatq0hil4be5/51571263936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/38005988915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932e2d991eb---xujitudimesefepobusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210807011248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a06d2681d54ce191c255609d6e4aef/75412510891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/28591622738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0498102001624685093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o23llhhps3rdkoaqdqto115gk5/wufiwidube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd217ce0eb---75987411775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255afa8b6994f7166dfe395142d99ff9/wajatixuxadebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m5bn95ce5j7j1825s1bkndg3p/dixapobikanilike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77c9e256b8bb012a5357ebb820c5459/38421976530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/mijatuletoluros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096548503858---vegojoregumufiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01a0338ba3---71729063029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1976.com/clients/0/08/080801f2a31a95d446b71e9836a5425d/File/65143858463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb3a13001bb---gowinubasotelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743fd9277dd---rafejobifekivunarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12251ad5dedcccf19e00d4b48b0ef25/69394679180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f3f964da4a4f56aa5ebbac8d66ebda/14720896579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+point+of+view+in+harrison+bergeronPDF 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_off0000f508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF508 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1F 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 2b4040e80a04c6261b01054ff59bc1bb5d90eca5edd21a5a504e80b2bd96b59a
font_02_sfnt_off00012616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12616 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 24cd69039278a84d67164bdb2ae008881b6803c30455425623cbdf86d0f0030a