Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a8b5dee0a9dd63c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:27:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1a61cbfaab8c8fa536ae5b2a166bc5c2 SHA-1: 8408f477833b85f59b7a1c2e3b309dcbe9ef24fd SHA-256: 8a8b5dee0a9dd63cbb161a699fd8781f87982e730cfb81bc0605ade978747ded
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ed5c650877588c43307946a7456e2d/6582911024.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072840d494de---3004917631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/37716591141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba0c0eb775204311130a5bb9f20fe41/68300566042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/54242585160c4b22a7e3ba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/86750025341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/vapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/serirowixumamazomawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/dazuxabaloxomokebizudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eb12d8d0d---wapupadopesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/8382351142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27376515349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d23d774fb---79748979727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/30183706465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131302eb5d36---83537015191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssanadia.in/userfiles/file/11961799204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/79441811003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/tuxomobutosisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a5196f0932---dituberixurikapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/nodijetajasotojevexoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/jonepotilagorowawixafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3fa15e073---rijatoruvuzivege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/51559384072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6174267048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=taking+responsibility+worksheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A4 18084 bytes
SHA-256: e578a41bdf819f9f0c1f38fee901799702b51e4ac76d6b645c6d851064810471
font_01_sfnt_off0001088f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088F 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 9c5cc21b79e52206ff699adfec26225c0a9ecc9c65e6e69911639dcb31103ca4
font_02_sfnt_off00012248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12248 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1