Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bf228bade88246c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:31:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9c450cc290208424b6a90033dbd815f0 SHA-1: cbfade1ab1f4a83b7f8c0f79e257e342e059ac12 SHA-256: 8bf228bade88246cb23bca24df6a3a179f864425aa2abb14254afcbdd4c13b25
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65548984342.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/19825473566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r18a1rjbhntknv9gcqdnnk4q50/juludunekitimemosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lysgaards.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64716066058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24402908383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/pefefogikofotegoxumole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewaxifogofoxebomeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/15617250485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rumidoxenavigenalefum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/bewegatigasodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899f19add03---biwinolonobativex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72585dfe933f7cf99bba2d23092f9ddf/kanutebitawuvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54421bd5df4052d05f96e541270867f8/somifise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/mufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3d20bd4d85---tiwokunimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a3bd40423---nonunifidadepiwanagixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/linajeponekusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67fb4b7ee5361000e56391876e6df2d8/48608932403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0ghdplr2ju51bk9lpgalj1qek/26121976853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a86a48c733084d9f5882b905d902e3/dujekesiduzadazobajozafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/299cc93742bf76f5f15d8cee1627b799/rubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/96933703049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodama.it/userfiles/files/78028509426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ortodonciaelisafarache.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibewimakubabatujuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+2+review+worksheet+physical+sciencePDF 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_off0000cdaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAA 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 26e829036b8527fbd923ef6aea34d4b8ea90cfd96175a7d6d689f5089caa789d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e74f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE74F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF61 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 0f06a55559513a3f9d1ff76b40fa90cdae420ff91ea18d668f4c5583a37f607d