Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a4f82e348fdccfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 10:29:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 45d7b938e81abacae3a101450c525f16 SHA-1: 6e0ac3ecbbd8615e014aef4e4a4d46ef5b6bf8e7 SHA-256: 8a4f82e348fdccfb24ef3dd13bb1b2749c52b23daef6d23d814dc84304ba7170
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF's structure and the nature of the linked content strongly suggest it is used as an initial vector for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobugas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce17d40c7d---82815491339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/30156189535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cggdkihhoj7r6ltmofovnkbdg/5764808334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/jopenuzujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609069f174d37---2828781466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/3366381900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/8432174331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/venitepuwofalumeboresuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da886c25268cfc1584ab7bf9df2968c3/60256754758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/244fa80ad50d96d10de7429c6f1292c6/miwaguwinemilavuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795c45a779c---11716318024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/37988902905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87cf2584e6---88128913046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17a380a5f---28805037277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210713042313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/vugelitirevawemebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/33814741612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1601827274---nejesipodifefutovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd083ed548---guvulotefubigomini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/49714127557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a431be64819---58650458780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f148d5feec4d68b14a00f545613028/49103485200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58412958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0d5d519061---9030898680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b78e74175---luzilotodifolowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/wikoluzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db5604d00af---39359224006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=prophylactic+and+anaphylacticPDF 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_off0000f59c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59C 18540 bytes
SHA-256: a1c3516af400591931231075c26f3b8d5701669fa70f9290ba0e447c7529e4d9
font_01_sfnt_off000124a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013cb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CB9 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 4367d8dc5663eed7ab7c1cbbda74007ed18bc66e63b1f4020632d3d5abec5596