Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b577d8bafbc6534…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 01:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7e598dfddfe03ff35b1b36e7c338a89e SHA-1: ddd473119067aced47f83ddb159cd102cecfe7da SHA-256: 8b577d8bafbc6534f0f81319b5eb7476b94a32fccae3976460eeea6c2b9a63de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple links to compromised WordPress sites and the use of UTM parameters in one URL further support a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086588a23fc9---fefovesadaroxes.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0871f8ee380a458e18e1a61ec990c46/76956381240.pdf
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///zaluwakaniwonenefozu.pdf
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/80865110890.pdf
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/buzalabidemetujoj.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ebcc94bfa31eb726bc33528022478c8/16495349319.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/21197160175.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghumbjmbprfjg48crq25463uod/91237856861.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/sokatoluralu.pdf
    • http://ccspevents.com/clients/24998/File/83560640603.pdf
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/40183267779.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609badf4612ee---47188512830.pdf
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/buzugifisijunulifa.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbaa019136---pisixamedus.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c905319c0b---sopitesilatagogumapetam.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609617829563b---83339886072.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35bb8d025f---digumelixinobek.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f140b95040---53240859127.pdf
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/zutumoxevez.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216ea8447f69ce139b8f2dbe51980cc7/zofuwowepofivugijod.pdf
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/90860943236.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23ihm3udelnd5vo5g4unp0hsk0/vuxoxukasivinafiduwisa.pdf
    • http://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizujedikivadekebowikupaw.pdf
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31f6329344f07ead642e5488adbdb378/5394768095.pdf
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/vetunaketi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=polaroid+55+inch+tv+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e642.bin
fea7058480d5628326b207954ef993ec90efa8e600859d9b647eda86d4d056c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE642 10636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe72.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE72 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011684.bin
87eb221d0b4392a530be7a713a30fad58fba89faaf3c59ce9dd5e29c41fe6761
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11684 17460 bytes