Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d5a33d152cf9e3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:44:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6f37f9d35b012346ce77712d8b119847 SHA-1: 9f0e1dc53909641185dfb13b90eda3f918dc8538 SHA-256: 8d5a33d152cf9e3f435ccb392dc3af9ed4d3e57fa4ba92f712c3dbcd74ab70bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment, likely leading to a second-stage download or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trig+reciprocal+identities PDF link annotation
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2919dad70db95976cbac5fa145412aec/92591981414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941f6fb6d23---totedajasanixijolurepoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608372105ad1c---sutuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/10752210689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d14da9b86---valujerusenaxalilimele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c4090c08f711026dc11eea530c0710/18987235654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd123c6167---pilejuguzetareroziwubowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0296a87ed1bf774878294352169d0f11/balefogidosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/66567536197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/fokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af770f1f215062dfbea6f3f85438eae/jamunapevasitaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eab260d307---funonimivodukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6c07aa68e---rirupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aoh1ekh5lis5bva3782c502oa/92830554505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c506bc7593---80775906602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d37944a749fa6ccb0bd1716f1849a2fb/magewufapozagutozekoroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkb73i637ujpc1m5v9770shjkv/18491469825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/kanasejelaxepupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204d705d8f41fd4b9753ef1196738ccf/80401313851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca06dae566d---66964352209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/536881025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/31478085201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mankatomnclassof71.com/clients/e/e0/e0e8961458839910853a12af65841b27/File/rudopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/50248959396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d36b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD36B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7D 18820 bytes
SHA-256: 48e693e75dfc212dc664b11409bf8078dab36bba90ad32aba6e1b8c40a766858
font_02_sfnt_off00011e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E24 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 5faddcc9f796cbe335514bc24a4c4bbc61fb18a9b18aaf29651bf07a95697b79