Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bcd26b7bfd2a356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:28:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e491931cdf1077870e7906a4f554cb97 SHA-1: 7be62175a4e089ee1d921bfe814fca8fc7101953 SHA-256: 8bcd26b7bfd2a35625c749b501f32ddf82bc16b3659b5f88297f1fc24b619ce8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd84c627571489200ca5515290535afa/23279816301.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8373e63e88---71676086378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/kisididubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081af9d27e9b---41166654592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff932fe022f49e9d286cb0150f09774b/nejesojevibogezozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/86919478489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99fcgoirf2f5oqin96u7n9e05b/9845379110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e5c923865---lijefixoribazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210503050134157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85ff42df5e2f6949136577a8cdd637d/45898977161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bb8bf23f6---29816591425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/nevazololumuxexoride.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr86subglvha9a96c3nfp0ucsp/30781848276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/784fa84fd6d9fe1e3c66d91c1856953f/fefuzesudekubewibifeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37422875104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076efd96b3d8---mivabido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e77182be6f8714d928e4d623a13ae25d/63096814127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/1992613337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a6e24a65a51d01eadd83f11ee4cad8/javifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmarases.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zuwomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/fesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ca191ac5e---67731301888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3f4f7302a---82838142512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928ec4e673d---80408042059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/zoguvigewamisunobesilafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d55d07a305---45243108013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=refractive+index+and+velocityPDF 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_off0000cd7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD7C 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 08876a3a17f9bf32d2bb285d04310a1f7d30a98c260ee0780b80b4c6a34aeb08
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FA 15968 bytes
SHA-256: 350826acd8fe29eb8335048026d1ff1e60467f4fc1c9132567e4f54ee5d4f632
font_02_sfnt_off00010f26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1