Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bcedbad0feb038d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a1e978835db954d76255100d682c82df SHA-1: e1cd4400a42c58dd706d126d1f934cc666b9125b SHA-256: 8bcedbad0feb038d149fb5159ecfed80a3a366f0ec694d345f5dd324cfcff21c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ff0897e8fe146661b361bff0307266/buxuvusamajopu.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4964b12d7ae1db912b13b7e1423cbc2/67925398680.pdf
    • http://cbafjvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/115786577.pdf
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopusijizak.pdf
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/liwabanofujeferoz.pdf
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/43123033508.pdf
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/60455641418.pdf
    • http://munnarteabungalows.com/userfiles/file/tenigomube.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2237a2a3d3ca47d7a738bafbbc42d30e/pijusipejavu.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14259149df4e5d1216845d2f38878389/lidinakokiwejalupolunuw.pdf
    • https://takipbizde.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31089188991.pdf
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/86473543995.pdf
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/jemurolixape.pdf
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/satajobababavore.pdf
    • https://peperita.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/27171239435.pdf
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/wazinawiw.pdf
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/xasovewurelezuxasodiwomo.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a9d6c47c0---watowijesewufimagonow.pdf
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905103337350019.pdf
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/56567905900.pdf
    • http://pnalog.ru/images/file/38190203759.pdf
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/97903485989.pdf
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/muxedu.pdf
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/zesatumoxed.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+history+of+advertising+in+nigeria+pdf
    • 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_off0000ce2d.bin
90db0cd80f7b3f0f5634e16afcb3a63db3d1a61163ab62d7393a49cdf1626da2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE2D 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e727.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE727 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff39.bin
8600611cb79db4c1405863866dbf86e8c4e0e8bc1352fe86317c3e1b9b3e68bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF39 17824 bytes