Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8681d4d9b335baa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 20057a7d9e3cb6b3d059a5dfcc17dab3 SHA-1: 903c41954c1727ac49d6f11394de8076e1d2e5ba SHA-256: 8681d4d9b335baa83db2c1c632284834a03b0e129d5e6dacc7b0a7b34e0ab4f3
156 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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised upload URLs is a high-priority indicator.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41e5418448131f4f2d6285e7641f6b6/wogubekonobagipisuxojesu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/mogezanepoworufixebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21bc395f3f---noxopaxebigusuwanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9c2146f10---51304643120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d877ec7b51---6420133003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aede3ea5d3---xemozupijurawuteduxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2949fcb557f0eb1dfc7c3ec8f21b6460/30202991833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/24640248244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/95652822830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c40fab0db43590654ab1b6c59cd28b85/lefinudaxexezumutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109f6776e5d783d4edf543698ac4e60e/17104749745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a94ad9f7cd---55780767350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7769ca09a20cdc7020d5652c8577277/16789215124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62457999550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b8ad378a4321facdfcb522189471bb/ruwuzumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/mavepabotipajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f54b0627cfebe14ea805bb2e4dbff2/57919573579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ufei5saqo0mvbas3rdup5vji3/suvobawulirulatumarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/kasibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279ced279b3bac6f70511d8e8867ca22/59443727629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/3282410676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rinsmot4uoj7nsnjn82kkbvfcp/busufilopobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/37930449330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf03e5b80603d9027745b62b953da72/zuzexesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eb130be12---zeraduxezitulobatuleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/zidoludulozajibibusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=find+hcf+of+two+numbers+in+cPDF 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_off0000b8eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8EB 16032 bytes
SHA-256: e10b177470a42a61c753a4974ebd0b0bfb83b3c5c7d2cdba2530869922e0b378
font_01_sfnt_off0000e230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE230 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 5018b5a88ad913de2977ab26e8d44d56126f347cc4390a35d6958c7e58e828a3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1