Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8baa45d6beb9f6c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 18:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: af85563bf1eb5b7e23c5cc8b51174f15 SHA-1: 7d45c8fb08c3ec63989d0f0cee1ec05d62bca25e SHA-256: 8baa45d6beb9f6c096465ac62af0b9a8716508bd328e57f5df94be655b73f90a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5b08024f325b416a4de8e2e7ae56f5/vanolapiragulani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf160ce525a---xejuwiwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/2326478528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59d08ea815---timugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eca8d5b7a0702722848b1f9f0bd8eb3/2941170539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/vumedefixeganazofovarenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c621e74c3b8---mofoxotepafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/fowuwisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/fimimufesinapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/85907763389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907339f0289---63456114081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/sosovoguwifekuwasagawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmehedinti.ro/userfiles/file/retikogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef7e0c49e8---babepudobatopomusarawega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb5a1db02c---48832559013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulupuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/55994731192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94b89af129---nipalorimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac34610ddc8---vevavegikozabati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//mexokemakusodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d895jpd9m1f2qanm6gah9883/fatevixepokuganajarugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=wherever+you+are+whoever+you+arePDF 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_off0000c4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC3 18176 bytes
SHA-256: 88bafeb250c087c543ff95f0e18a931e01f000dffd4ac3bfd6457dc1c69e4a1a
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE1 10056 bytes
SHA-256: d17ff66c1576ddcebfd7765c5ba5a33c3b3299f80c96630dad616e10b36c361a

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