Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8db720f307d58c03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:08:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 35d9f0aab3da2cdcb593df7ab789d616 SHA-1: 09560fd5111e6d061225b563a3cd3226b879c3d4 SHA-256: 8db720f307d58c03c1541221f3eda869fc1d3b94853d072eae1ae9faa50d1dda
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicates a coordinated effort to obscure the true destination and increase the likelihood of user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803bcfa5dad---91118060032.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58paqa9ff4643iefahg4svnn50/41289160409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5722ee23a8---jorozasuvetuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75441411652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c274784fc59---81337517948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a2d0c422b---xejatuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a8a4684b2---jarosijuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd7a182755aff27fb3faa8954629671/lisunutekilojonixidulaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be78d612e7f---17948109921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843833f9d2a7cc0b8322fd9750d63ac3/13913802908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/91439527223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8c28520b0---85570918428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1j5pf81t3n4r1g40bfhb65m3p/doruvugojotoxabibakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092740b8b982---70327841536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/48115144897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20gnsd2m8lukseehqcdd5fkfj0/11817711269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/totasagefudajenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/69850014365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb7b269d5b20ecb94595dc6b4ff03f94/tupunafiwatexoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97867b5ece374e7eb33711c5a44b7b2/13843322890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072af23cc2b3---famalekiwijotudijawozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8eda996effb2d6ef1abcb73233a84f/26403074275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogieclassof67.com/clients/71235/File/80133744305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b342e6df6---kaxunesexukilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1jh9ngch0jnvhg99csdt175v/2050606793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/85464627270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+2k20+for+free+on+pcPDF 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_off0000f5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBA 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 343c76f3a0c36cbaaba7531662281f3e34ae61a10a89cd9051d3fbd9e45dcc44
font_02_sfnt_off000139db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139DB 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 2f9ca6beb592d4b9c7f5a99b1e4e12aa4f93b69274fbf08d4517375255f1ecae