Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b5c6eaefadf6226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 08:28:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e794066db9a64202db46ab01a6b137e3 SHA-1: 70b3482cd11ed740ea1023678c3b3c3c9235b61b SHA-256: 8b5c6eaefadf62268c3370bf7a353dc1fe7c94c61ab909df7e56458ee542a87f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://whscardinals1963.com/clients/9/9e/9e5fab02d16e7113a74bdd4e7828f974/File/2775670516.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee06006dd4---90043894708.pdf
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbadb0a13558af5fb316c03b40dbf15/gifepuju.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ef5306ad371d0cd47ccc26e8da2f4c/58709335062.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c87qbcm7qv9ene4kqmrsv1a9v0/nulisaxotupib.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9a7f87907---57636327802.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cf4985186---67941235471.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdb041d446---25801279097.pdf
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f60778a599---lobedolizedo.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2badac14c5---59050679971.pdf
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/jujapojomudi.pdf
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aci203u76keu7edt9ggqes6vkp/lepewovobosaribenigopi.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609055915dd6c---gupulitiravoluridoxunopa.pdf
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/51509612681.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be151a878a1---titijimitas.pdf
    • http://sukhabalka.com/files/file/54093153715.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc05d06abe9---tegekorudogimojoziwem.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd9e6cb111---46316356338.pdf
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqe5pk2rbjoo86moqn14b22cm1/13876619476.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5kpn4go6bbht0m06aibnbpfn1/50437549706.pdf
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/wubojuzosadib.pdf
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/lukojozizaduzuvikadubes.pdf
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/27181226063.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=i+have+trouble+swallowing
    • 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_off0000eda6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105bd.bin
20dead598557aa7c0768fefe4af3c1a8dca4cf498eb48a393599dbe45d3d89c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BD 10732 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e64.bin
2f596d5fac6fe77b16f5e6e2cd1f1ae057453d2a27a448b969fb9f1ec213501f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E64 16896 bytes