Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8beb2aacdde056bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:35:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a7afd6c17cd31bc68057c1ea5adabf65 SHA-1: a8389304e8999692d9f4a2aed28c41b08e66de14 SHA-256: 8beb2aacdde056bbb7be2dd9c9503ebdeed7b322abdd52d0e3d857c13adbd6f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URLs suggest a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fd3f7d698---24687466168.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66eeb184ac---58115074310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021070409243573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/vuxeropovidesefefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f8049abd6---82713274673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/limesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crestviewshopping.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/37766007850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/venasivelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0hug91mps3h9ruc3bg3coicuf/pidemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/zusomotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773c4b466ea---88145291983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/dijokizabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi8g72d6e5kir0ad9qdc6shrl5/27051280785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/jojizilegivewoxunozajegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/57212427184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/15223871672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/863fbc455c9b772b07dc5471f2ca5213/davazazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe1b558fbe3---29137536173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86cd9696444e1d82048a084c67acf37d/vawinolusiverigedijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/26793035039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/37403976653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ddc23d248a778a2f2198c4419216b5/41375651452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67404313850d67c715d16bf981c2aabe/86186919647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/webafitixamufivatitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/54702162589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=non+corporate+jobs+that+pay+wellPDF 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_off00011744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11744 18088 bytes
SHA-256: bae7193edb87f91c5118f028e4012247712b02574469d57c04f829a7f802f5ac
font_01_sfnt_off00014606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14606 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015e1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E1D 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 6754b011e68de4d1dcfe98b8ab681cfa755c14bcc26047c17548aae32e4697ee