Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a1fbf05f28c210c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:23:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c60be60c21f919ddce3f34e52332dc0b SHA-1: 61120b77b6e0672651508be499604851311caba9 SHA-256: 8a1fbf05f28c210c24facd09d3e17ccd6613b01371e7540749d422057a5a1a41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics and URLs clearly point to a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51b3633e66f8537e8adb01e1276dba7f/nuratagugasuvizeb.pdf
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/27332299174.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609490338d0f2---sukusimizolajijumeduj.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4beigc0p0ndrilp6ar7i4mb994/wadimesitoripi.pdf
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/levezosupoxivux.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b53a3b5f3a---19103521134.pdf
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/fopafetasar.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4iv7v0ia1lq4vvdskgihmjt7i2/nuxagiresavedinuruzepun.pdf
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73649c07c6fead035a7197ca9418a03e/52579877445.pdf
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u862b145t7vkfm7blb2i9s1u69/76167067526.pdf
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/xilub.pdf
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/35446312821.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368d250b04664fea7a011e8b0847f3e8/losolupovavitojasarudabo.pdf
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/dalasoziralax.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba62e3bd51d---42278369995.pdf
    • http://thebellingerfamily.com/clients/0/05/05034faaa501c69409a7459485cba135/File/69224841003.pdf
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/91646500102.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74321bef76---wifolonigupezadagegir.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ba35160f1---13056897685.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743e9b2ada3---5024072176.pdf
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/riridejojodidapawoliju.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5ff721773---62251443398.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3jkn18oi468schoevo3chg15s/67064569057.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac11486e50ad37966c134567603e1fc1/10634455548.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff63e23867---nujopaxuxibesovozevibo.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a6d603dd6---jovitizijapexuwesukojulox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=naughty+baby+pictures+wallpapers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e565.bin
e456e6c6c53363e29329e332301d616575e3857f2bd00c9e2789fb5c72fab786
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE565 10848 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe6c.bin
634237f9d8e2c158c238a4ab2b4101346fcb5314d0a8b9c73a437e4bc8b868c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE6C 15768 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000126d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D7 16792 bytes