Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8af55057c8d954bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cf8a5a3b319fdac5957730050913d16d SHA-1: 556d6bee1bc8501f228193e0361880d5e2e6c265 SHA-256: 8af55057c8d954bfd1b5df4128835e682c023abd780f089a6bebc19965ce1dfe
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 phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external, potentially malicious content, leveraging compromised CMS infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/vuwevugavajofijurov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54f614b1f0---5664195008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/fesonurowemefixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c662e325227d18e65c51af384b181c2/wasejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vf1rujpivevggdvrh3je4ti3ro/52054887531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f3b4b71b---waledufuzelopopape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b6e6e3d48f4563d907368d46dc45b53/jimetekudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56524788320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18191477e9---karupomudoxekebozugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/10968351429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1adfccc15---xagatugigebibakunufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8p1ph6j12phhk39todop7je16/dugapurozajomikuloduwavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1596bf871---rogugebirana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b2f52be52---gujixedipetazofikolefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/jenujukugivalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a261d4f0410---6688411689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkj9erev22d729272asho8vnk3/fufopekitodufumazobifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mathsh7auc1ej29crortl5ta6b/mibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946692c01b3---93986124992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kamitigobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/84214736498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9627d2900b---26480717333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8kskefa1uivupvcstaph3tt8n/fivurevotazavixupugupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c259507dca8---87456568831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26378404597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/sumizabovefid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=2+gallons+is+how+many+quartsPDF 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_off0000ca96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA96 16060 bytes
SHA-256: e82951effb4bf57e8654039b54a7c4e81a3f462170a8a6be06c76298d712350b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f40d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: d9567278a060e090ee0c8f2dd8a47cb8e46357bd44d7236837a68b9d549e90da
font_02_sfnt_off00010ce0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1