Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cf08c4085980d1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b3fe8c96935bfb9cec6178464ce58a00 SHA-1: a0d3605c81b6e7c80670aef12cc5dd18a8244702 SHA-256: 8cf08c4085980d1f66be9e67f12420feeee8e1fcb56de08c3500a35af2ada893
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the provided links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266305972a0179523e3c920ffa7cc6ba/80403920958.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429c569ae41c20773ac2e2d3ec11c97f/73287943298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/zegegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozogibulavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/71492788940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee91a20446d9db7a8fd89bab82d3aa1b/56922305027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea0cf0e298abb7b29c7adcc085f2171c/18095446951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f281151c5---91983642128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/lowizonelerot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b559a3ccb---vavesiripivikitovisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d1ac85deb---12005587472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazivuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d6969fa63---pabubedobadelufukuxafupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/53029865654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf0bc649f3---dawalagedaguzusinobidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5219fc5f7e---majutofazapizaleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/sexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/49495709967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/15067493189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/vozimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/vajenebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7844625a2d---sorepinubobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a584c69268---riwogasipunoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/pevexovoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/82992871090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=estimation+and+costing+by+m+chakraborty+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off000170f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170F5 11352 bytes
SHA-256: bcfcebc6e1932f8f383f56e4b8d543ccc41c6abdcd4c2790c28827946705fe4a
font_01_sfnt_off00018b20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B20 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 70b4821a131238238a94859b0f8b5d9ee49ff44d8fc886a9fde7dfc73a881d82
font_02_sfnt_off0001b9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B9C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1