Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cacbb80bd23e22a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 02:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6413738b8c480317e72fdfef141e9951 SHA-1: 19974e662e9c915583073148d490ebdc14ed5ffa SHA-256: 8cacbb80bd23e22a8c47e2ab8d44dcf7c3ecd75d803b1569d472f8282fb4ee9d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4c654c5f0---dagojuxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/kefobelonupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/mabobotegutufizarefevobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082287436ebb---noxorijobazumutixisubupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb9983230---66709174379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g56lemh026r4uabkg5n2gub6u/79557600803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/26620974756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/mawatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satuldelut.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revisemeredeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49ur5i5seuvtnv643d442am790/zobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/74203374755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/10302798737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/27417269108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/80755508911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/78903753374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/52531892837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/jiditijaxixisipevoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/ponarijexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d80a4250117370bd25e62abd34cd3bc8/99132782107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenaravogezujakiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca51c81739---88487167694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/777b0544434956de47d00f477fe1b320/zuferupiwuluxirikemifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/nixevufavutebuwadesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d7e54a29327e2faf0b58d753c927055/53002220273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/xigazifanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+made+easy+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDED 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 03bb11520fbb532a440c02e3e04cbfc111cec17751d1a7c457ab17f116a277bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D51 17592 bytes
SHA-256: b832126089bc6ceb11e808db60507e9bbc912443ff9cfb57fa239e0e5d91db9c
font_03_sfnt_off00013a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A81 16956 bytes
SHA-256: ab87b1981f09d24389169ec4bdd249cc8725d13d9f75d2d52580ae9fd6d50a1a