Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8911e4f2f91645c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 13:30:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1687700df37b6e4f0a543755459645bb SHA-1: 2d94a967b7a5bc22075e1c5dfbeb6b83995497d1 SHA-256: 8911e4f2f91645c5b826ada783c690103911fc910a60709f5b59377279691a93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/wuranoseriwax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///27341510280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e35ad1027f2d53056fcc13091d635c70/34513257280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3db21d4b5880d0a65ae40fb3882044/38121625383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everettsbarbque.com/clients/b/b0/b0b566c85bab127526a414587b81487f/File/zofemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wami.cc/data/files/dunonixezimisaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc0cfcad0e8396fb5e6016b4ab8d73df/bixomumomutusigadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd455a5f152---72993509265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d95a4aab59f18f64e088e90b9c82c2/zuzitiravoxazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb16a5f07fd---vokaresiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d667e485dc---88998463412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/lopeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc56478758c---fivuwokowokivukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac72e3c3b82---wijotuwipojepobexogixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0njgavpmg077913tpmgccdcc9m/vibubodipezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/tewisuwitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/zepomidopepawibuxevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/46184533562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e4c77283c---31801097256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lisa+and+clint+blackPDF 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_off0000e1df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F1 19140 bytes
SHA-256: a41142e1b2652ee23742cc903873a8d62b1b3629cfa5b5a96cdcfaa75860affa
font_02_sfnt_off00012a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A71 10200 bytes
SHA-256: ec437289d0f30956ff1ab83959a4113876c021ee38594cce1e79f2c1702b46b5