Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a0f6348409904ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:51:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 76886cf301f67dc1e04153972fc10e38 SHA-1: 1ad12ac5c61cb778a249d5ac89d6f906e98114d1 SHA-256: 8a0f6348409904edfe28e7101e4d9c6508138d13e15f1c7d002c8ba793e7a07d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious or compromised content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609985ac0f725---buniwivozotovugivapijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c97dce24a624f3ac6e366e0a348b723b/40528096826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93899452565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/pugavofedekalejobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/midewodedimunojadezagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/bekowefaduropokamufijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ebbc2e5ab---sevupugifaxitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac86858845---tadizakexarinexizigide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/88078882498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8806d6330---56650919778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeremypourstarlight.com/clients/5/53/539822683240d2210db56c0084569a8b/File/vorurine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/77251443973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7drtsa8od7mjj1rqkeodbrsvrn/xegisozujikoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/berabevekaguzanojotiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082985fd1811---tazelavipisipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/37730400730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/voxibipadisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f13ce18c2---3568853542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///67048129255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/81546475716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/300022498615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihaouiud1apq3aftsptk1gaoki/kinufipasesedebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hooghly+iti+college+listPDF 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_off0000e9be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D5 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 4b7e5e6444dbf12fa97ba40597b63d55483ad760f1b32367cfa79203d78b7a98
font_02_sfnt_off000118fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FB 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 6d29b1708a8aa50652f9a2908e40421b4beaa7472055be3466db1c156543fc3d

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