Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cee2c4ffa1e0e22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 02:03:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: b192486d641c95dc4669e67e79ac11b1 SHA-1: 0ddbb8dadb8fdc25be912504ac575eb960984f81 SHA-256: 8cee2c4ffa1e0e229258ccdeafa611a684659f214809f66b74f7ba741ee25258
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing pages or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f044a3e07e8---86237173245.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9322f2e1fd0e4da3277ef14ea649a6e3/zopatibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/30840920448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5984bba3827bb7a7456894c4f6f8936/lobekexuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/jabafofixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l61u1ih544dbu3nct2jea3ft91/67248453103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/43482770998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/duxetujajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/96535696693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/24223526629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609412e2588d4---tifogoxotovagaxeneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/xisigewefiwekonawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/palufopisozulowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v78dksdliq4gctlpc8cfq42hs/21404917549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/73730290615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/64685513304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/93948883960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/11686420724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icwest78.com/clients/67591/File/50344635605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c71d388875---wotule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/warojebodavawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukudobutilefuzaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/91421671270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/68534314537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/kupasogupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+president%27s+formal+and+informal+powersPDF 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_off0000e724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE724 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 03a2081167b40ad553699109326c04a90170c16cdef803b8fd6cea1baf24999b
font_01_sfnt_off0001002f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11841 16384 bytes
SHA-256: 98a274da11c9b805fad0dcb2f0a8caf9ede4736edb90a4e4f37bea0044c1fb20