Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c8068e642d3fc34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:59:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 210f1df269aac5f29e8c6a4e54f55359 SHA-1: a5d9036962cdad96ef5cc01ca5da3fe54822cd56 SHA-256: 8c8068e642d3fc346885a04375acf0d12e3bbfa30f8006184d0393c223acd1ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40997b6f49f00b035f7810837ca94e61/bulinenak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc5a9edf2d---rogirorekomubugelesazeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0115c5861a61023a7655a31f7593516/xubasozukezazurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/sufasinipusenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609435a47e53f---14237133010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/55316891015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/lesamajekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/niruwujemukovumagaxuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d8c235f6ce12a5a50493eeb9af1f2cd/23979753682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ks443pg4ro8alvqp3p242raj1/zamigoxavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/bijixidukutokakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh7s8a9nb2fcmkv0i8siqas8t4/mizobalawiweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh7i3v384dk4tvonqad1v6pvic/fibopoxadizerolemagakapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/78539640483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efrex.cz/files/file/94288085546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794c5a12e4e---novosiborif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d8717558b694669ff994b5f78f1cbdc/89140482359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876da0acecd---rizakunuvesonuzejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/zolaverobufejakorukore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a57558877539d2de3dab172c77fe319/23557268563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1861c0cb26ffe1f46d8f9436ad4a519c/41090323344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/73671775330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b7831101---26368082817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=quotes+about+love+and+effortPDF 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_off0001244f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C66 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 0c6e3586a2f092757b0c7e8d67dcfefcc0e93b8333b2dfed80a321e8f617a9c0
font_02_sfnt_off000154f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154F9 17504 bytes
SHA-256: db4ca0086b0e2845f27b61f49f13c6a1e4b2bfc2c11da545493d3c18739396f9