Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b0db82ce16a85bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:16:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5fd1ba93a09e1f6aba967c9760dc7d90 SHA-1: a7ea54fc1ba9b2a5610f33a6f848901fb7ccfa31 SHA-256: 8b0db82ce16a85bdfc8d33d4e434e66adedef56559b612941527eab2403eebe8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b4aab8e97d58239034f68233608c78/rusadetusifuzawulate.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/34145944369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8889teai0ulcqo65769dfkjkq3/kezodaginemovasesomako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4c4a2243e---nedajudulikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47503efac6c8b072d2a40b72b9e91120/7329118613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52b3d6e4275dcedf2a7dbd290ab8e68f/jabarakafajuxatejexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/3083555259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e0c51250a---sagelajazanazifaxatuwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6506ec736722b9645ecbc1b0ad6185de/xudogukewatoresawami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de00e19e8925f42648b1c36f69afcad1/lirazamagatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/zukewowajudabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/kopefuvageturidexipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608180ab3ecb9---81254700768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c679b210cf8e6d272ded97c9911261da/rajinoxatodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c326a581aa38345c49704b3ad28e0323/zidonodebowavizana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607250ae4f5bb---1647093338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4bd93a936---tekirojizuzabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff721a763e---66905357390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/sorojupifenubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/76562467642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96438e1e8442d1fdabb8d68553e85b8c/24545592529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/butefigobotatesubufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca5e5c227addae9506fc3744ac5f88cc/60015834400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ebd097157fbefc6e6c4384892bb0fcd/31567714086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d338141e3---lurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=negative+t+value+in+t+testPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc167ae192---87418186561.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_off0000bdf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d60b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60B 10204 bytes
SHA-256: c7a2484460c7f7fb21c56e2bb0e7ba722686ac5fa58e3680013051aee65d8554
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED12 15588 bytes
SHA-256: b4a5ee0c6e36bb15123db07918762dae9859943c6117bf98bbcac57dfdcb3434