Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b12d5f9f800f6f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 20:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2c62bd34b5562487f012d6adc93a72ef SHA-1: 1c97480b428a66ff24649d464913f3fd420a1994 SHA-256: 8b12d5f9f800f6f9d4f77ffb0cb9cb444354a0aa862457dfe708d9905a5a8192
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL analysis point to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609408c7a8625---11153110475.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5273ee106---88238787578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13e481b06f---51499627741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/gogaxesekota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e20979d32e---5977064277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c89163df68---jexoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3d62fc7d1f5d2fc3ee170dbe7d3555/88208734579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40e50e588b511b7501dcff0aa766dad/55497203488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609593ffc1b52---lewuvixeduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d6d283d00e900934080efca3e3955eb/niwemajirera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/42542648583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/ximos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/fonalawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/88656517126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/46403839775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c736f732524975c602edd59a5f74f04/bipamenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094786b44692---72250511250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/28654910272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064f4f25bd292cce7bc45699ce2ba2f3/koxubigibozojujujupobupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0e235725f3997e9317b9fdaabe0f34/fexodugomujefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98c0adf802---84261194183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6338c3e069---lagagazatikavelaveretosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51aa372adec6c1a5b86072274c87e35/zujozuwisasegapolaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/87491751718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+vampire+diaries+season+1+watch+online+with+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off00010583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10583 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 4b6a8a8d8755a86dcd0e43789615d7af5a1980d37173ff9f13112e70726b49ad
font_01_sfnt_off0001327d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1327D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A94 11368 bytes
SHA-256: 47dc63847ea0770baea6d27e7510638e6d49fd7923dcfdbabc49071f2a925a71