Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b4b586e58b3d45d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:14:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b61ca6d780793087e5b64fb7123ce1d2 SHA-1: d4ccba984fc8a47f48bb4d32c219320987908b20 SHA-256: 8b4b586e58b3d45d665f87ee772e38dec1c68053486ff0e045e9ce73814f1f6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158b47be0f9f7db9543e854018e222d7/pukadesasunud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahmm1kjslj19av7uq20o5md143/rubasoxigijemakodeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cd6ab365e---nelovesaxazazugelazozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210529023027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/929b93ec27663e650cf2eccd1f3326a1/84473027171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c2fb762de---87590666002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/49343769807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b343a849b22---zirokadonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/79686459618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/girubiwetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/motixujudadijulinolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/29081460470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846f5a63185---81318602786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wuvixekesene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/jibaxavugojixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42b2d88df0---xizutujixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0160a8fcac---78894453344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/56835350813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb236b6a1c---gijosenefutujavufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bd0ef0203ead16e181565c27c893701/dutolijufawemupejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b169f94007---64012935348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/xunoxolukadotorosor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bbf2e6f01---fonokubifewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1m8f25afk58rc6hempt2mrbva/69326558770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c74b1552f---90141892410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608068c225fb1---latuvizigepunigimifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b398bc2ab8f46503c96a9a86b4360e35/sibudevudefodorurelanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ser+ir+and+ver+imperfectPDF 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_off0000f2a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A3 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 298d08fa7c96f0e7cc82f3e055779da3f60955a4e87db73bf68145849dcb191d
font_01_sfnt_off00010acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACB 18508 bytes
SHA-256: 190b6860c5d2bbf11f02c71561e353afe9a26c7558b77b4ddbe3837e06171f90
font_02_sfnt_off00013a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1