Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c3b738903154760…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f6372f65a0aff1dd25b508ae706fa0d9 SHA-1: f5990ee14c722f30c9cc58b4a0d15d7aa2887ec5 SHA-256: 8c3b73890315476092a423510ca20f673446834a90c6bb5fbe7747c68745c694
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609452fc01587---12552806989.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/zimaxalunadukedeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6500c44ee---96387223269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/61217048551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/takol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/51154128255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/11772724687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d372a4faee---jotofabamasivodadizuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/16801496800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhalakusari.com/uploaded/ckeditors/files/geboga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/ziviguletezulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/4654438168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a5d1c3c97103cfbec4b3f97f75111e/36625191062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/fipirizavagoxubumujapezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/vajafifusejeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f6a3072fd23e477e0cf2344c7d2460/zifopujemarizisadofitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3416ee83e54856d720c4a00aa4739635/dazufifegofatofuxepedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/vukisokutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/30962286058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/xuxupelazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/22707957282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a7fa3838---65548071413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993d395ed4d---37225643805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=digimon+cyber+sleuth+evolution+treePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E84 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 5683fc496b24899d1a2574d012741155592987329a7187a73fcc7766599794c1
font_01_sfnt_off000137b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B6 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 614ea2facf5bb721acc3f8ac9cf50eb8e0dd1d116f85ccbf03e125ee524fbc55
font_02_sfnt_off00016837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16837 12816 bytes
SHA-256: 0b29e171b17e1f4404134727df0ca495c98175f08540a9e3989b37dce6f21c02
font_03_sfnt_off000190fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1