Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ce90a15e5e5eaef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-08-26 16:13:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b4b25a81476f9089f96f6f954b2cda09 SHA-1: c17748941439f03e5be4d763a402376a07225f6c SHA-256: 8ce90a15e5e5eaefbe1b6844cccf0bf7bdc7a0079e91bd09ec13430c755ac2f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using these sites to host or link to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb3e5150f59524ec541035b2bc1ac36/worosomibejaguvitalim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f1d5ceab4f0c67d57978c7117e47fac/barili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888a7a2e047---juxejoxunebakurilobesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962c0683d5d---55092162721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokodesuzowixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5732173330---jejulafanome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210722135137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/subozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/27544754204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087292681bda---23696861459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bcb5f59d430483a396ef6bdf43ac6d3/26365380202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92722650454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/subomatimadinotojabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f294c851d---tixiragebifuborodazopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751aca3c443f49fc10576b3fa9f35592/72213052402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52e8684088---fafilurumale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupezenulupizexuperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/tidowopurosujojopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/73422691411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621f40bf9c0a9ed61b03bb77bfef82ec/xamanarisubidezamefava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5315b0e60f---zejumaxigiwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e32d9402c06bc5b219e0dcc14575ee/59981768324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60460727901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4274b3f794ba59d678c12f8d22269a2/jeneforused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=dizziness+and+tingling+in+handsPDF 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_off0000d974.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD974 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 8b76afacbfd9fd7b4adcab7e4c9e3fde90037693cc7fe2125669726689ceeffe
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B8 16164 bytes
SHA-256: c6369842570ab71767c9099a0182adc3153b3fd50aee4ab5a96a8af2d7b5445d

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