Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8afd21b0435856a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:58:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1ab884d8716861cf9e4d209e8ed17e6e SHA-1: 3e81b8ce87404752f0a52b81add53c6dd0357086 SHA-256: 8afd21b0435856a8f94767779cb6d15c801209d641a6c5605daa300252aa8735
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 ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting domains. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to malicious content or phishing sites, leveraging compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f169a002ac85af465f51c629e5a08327/48335355445.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles//file/tajoterojorogexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9fc34ac46a---75174228949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf64p8l41ifov6kvk5j7hvli35/wotovoxijakiwegefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89b0c3b7bf21e28364798be5e2e6e5a/japudojafifixolabukajoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608780faf1f33---45028452722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ysenb.kr/board/file/editor/file/12174150072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62445f24696f43193ad6d7237f77a462/raxapetibesegatokobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/xoxabidumokelotufotipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d89520b74db30d5cf0a2484e694e8d/tuwijudawexalepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/xumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/nenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4srtls9lu7cvkvr52o0pe0ljrr/wigedarijibalefisopubetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ce97a13b133e29d7a0188e417dfd75/ririwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4200e7b6b---funikevazamarusarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/jilojegawuwizolelego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/mijakuxiramurusujajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf2764eb34---jumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/99067393157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdc190da877---risepojeritefinisubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35515061e17f3b5127821a9caddf5012/17005597981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/satubusozurufukixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/30791181980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a25873edea1686f659c08b561d57f8a/71714878031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+regular+and+irregular+shapesPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06d6def1a5---48197867796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F8 17472 bytes
SHA-256: b3c3d4b9a1720acd66d1034ad0f3d35d72e5861a611d1df0e09053aa5d7c1c2d
font_01_sfnt_off000101f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0A 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 5b86ebc3ace342507ffe658943805dab7f764f5b423d1eb1193da7966d14558c