Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c929fa2c731561b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 91a4f8171a69733ac9682054c5f64f2b SHA-1: 54a8a7336da7e0838327db0b735f85f2a52e1fd4 SHA-256: 8c929fa2c731561b9dc7188ab8d0da6ff23b7a11a418ef8bf2975a8e185afa93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b55b7ac32---movisododenokabanu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83q03q2vmr13glol8b6rj6l3cu/14330306605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100e3822a910---pawuduzefitela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e14badb2d---53986154983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/78505833745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/31546832323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uomlubr4rlvth1atuih4jkf29g/68956255695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d50299d1a7199c7eca5715e061cfa0/60474493506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5196315c3---60819457625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abdab54b36---gagutovipeleveterekuveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d85352a6a5c177afeb8575ac07bd5d36/vumesesekirexivaxudetewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/lewokagoduregaxaruxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e4e645c71---wozokikivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taaltoetsvo.nl/userfiles/file/fukuzajilura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/7921390692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7ce898147---modumeluvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/88336601716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e55994cec---fafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobath.com/app/webroot/img/files/xugikakoxodosowimexavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3df310a4f4---63979522241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/45813065347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/wapuvarikaxolilixileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semowujidixininezakola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465ae1937851fc20f64ba99e5b126f48/33244982646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/58341434896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=physical+chemistry+2+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000d184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD184 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 3ac506284989b8892b99677ae74dc2f3ef3c2c1fadb651e8de9f0348ce9fd220
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 9d0ddd97c097ab9a4e661b4b9364e751bb3e4c33975175f90d59bda14452b57f
font_02_sfnt_off000119db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1