Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d42a554521c4e18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-13 17:21:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dc62fb5a83651a7db3b0c90167bf192d SHA-1: 8df13147355b4cbef662f27349f103b21c718ffc SHA-256: 8d42a554521c4e185ac816c2c8098f40092b94f491950a8c27640a451a0cfc7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous links and the overall structure are indicative of a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608951a8695a4---lafariwegoxinajigetuzotej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagejukufemimedonudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/totafuparirolazafomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dfe02af39---83780152883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/wozojopurusukixururek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/98078293197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/12719492030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/zozevubisuxaluwanotuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c194e063e85---nugatobiwoporodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsonkll49h7dcrcnaeiutak2u2/zekopavivurukare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114714e1efc1---nujiwifixigevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/mimodivobugosokemazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2163e64ac---xosarozoriluzenuwifali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revowerejebirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba1aede05d---40137186405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a696ed854---dizefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608710032b181---sapidosaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/wiziladadodokagikodoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veribase.com/E/file/pibibuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d702665789---gifunusovalejege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c4d804cea---wogoluxixewagenataveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psrto2segpthdu31edhmrfl4a4/kolevapolaboxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestwaynepaltrek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadorubosapaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/rituge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/25611530077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=como+descargar+dragon+ball+z+tenkaichi+tag+team+para+celularPDF 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_off0000c771.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC771 26016 bytes
SHA-256: 40aec8aad742104eab5f9dc4fd61110b66f6ec3239423d15681dee738a73d9ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C3 2328 bytes
SHA-256: 97ec669d954d95f7f11ed1d7b8736228109f07c966ab3d6524b1aa4964609446
font_03_sfnt_off0001221b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221B 11384 bytes
SHA-256: b08718b9faf440f5f33127dee7f21a6a87e144787a4174498d859b44d0f0acac