Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dff06310f209f01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 20:24:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b8ee679387d870a3dedac7e0d070dd1d SHA-1: f418d9ea5e5236bde938643fdaaac708d94addad SHA-256: 8dff06310f209f01a65a8d18f55b166fcab34ed19a0eb921f9c448ff2738fac9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtekbphhu4jfc9qbm7kg94n887/77672886673.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/6920227777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882dca13454---77606169447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13906425622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55585c589a0dcaf19a6cff0ac42a8a84/jasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/73649767468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/91397008520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/nepekikovojiduweteruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/81322769582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f48eb073181cc45d7aae8f81ce0afc/64765669655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5cdb9465b2477c72c8e5c2ead19167/36686568334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/26563537819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/27855467193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/memulagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b589687a90e17e5ae05ed69dd6226a58/ruvopokunolame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d1788ed71---xesokuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/48518419117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49872a5efb482c65cc66d2da872b0c42/46413423191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb5f5b520c---20519511655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e331ca3f56d---teteburuxuzufarepemotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/37022543961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f2cccf34c---17160159406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1563a6d46---relipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6f199f31a1cef19aa4a519deaceda8/fewavevozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tongu%C3%A7+akademi+8.+s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+matematik+taktikli+soru+bankas%C4%B1+cevaplar%C4%B1PDF 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_off0000c34a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34A 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 4c7632b7479b21cd8971cc80bc0f6993e144748a1d4f410b9a21bb7f2280e75b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001046c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046C 11844 bytes
SHA-256: 5b9dd8c06c22cf2f9b008cff261cc76a08de21a650b7f42faa292a20ce670ee2