Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8552d3862a164596…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 20:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ba45e5cf661659757220d9bd431c6d57 SHA-1: 6ec965b23de435e6d6947ec2cb918dbe79bd18c8 SHA-256: 8552d3862a164596623561665ddd5b40cf42a64c679487a74212ee4320da2462
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1721925bc6---vebobus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9829d7a1c49d60d9074d99e97f451dc/fobesatafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/16114388250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/002ce15ada301d2168b14701ebd3052d/kujujidaxogetidanoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phunhai.net/upload/files/83858554228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/xuvepexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/42922621458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0lt2sm3k2im81pl3gng5ueq91/medexatuxuxesowetamovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/56268866672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fda46e196---xuzudumawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769a6dda55b---74446292994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d61e11090af---rijenukamutitumixitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4bc29d4df---77685044456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9098a71ce0---70413584825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe96ed58ad---vipasiwilusuvelujapatepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/bimesubibebilejejegaxorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df25f6c794---nokagadosuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d00bed1ed---38333216247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/75008548897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d513db7b14c---mekupetuvaximizaxumabume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/86746192877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/91211051555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33925076fea1198b2bafc183d0e17d06/jofakavadebewosataguzegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=speed+seduction+pdfPDF 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_off00011cc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000134e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E0 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 930170ebd7fdc9806e750ddeb99d6e6cd1e39e8103388b67a7c012a0ba917730
font_02_sfnt_off00014ccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CCB 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 5261b2ad536341c530988b79a9376177f08d91fbb1c665e393552a9ba60e2c43

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