Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e06a50518829129…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 13:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 88212949e16f807c0fdc01cc819af9cc SHA-1: da6764f45daff29f904c7e4081def1803e048ec5 SHA-256: 8e06a505188291290c5ca7acc06b2b543061a5c2521d0fde40d690183baa3cca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and link farm behavior align with techniques used to distribute malware or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607836fe438c6---bagusisunureximufen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7cda0ff53---89826917158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/35055598904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/89528725660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/tidukoxowigufidenaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/newojaxigunitumewuxitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/putajipavadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609287fb4ff33---46162116815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a404247f9---27387450251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/xipuzifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca302bbd86---67595666617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/21749240423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/45338285206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waruvimewasegajegulira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/xokugivifamoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/gevajiwimozonebabuzekani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/072acb6h2g7lfe5pruqquultk3/daputuzegelawuxafofofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/37050113591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b8d24b29c---zekivarejasipefowusezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549ba92fa8eb97dedad1dd242db80f15/riguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/juzibijokiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c452c409eed---nopelutizumexuxupugofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/1266_20210806162509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/19239768249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dungeons+and+dragons+character+sheet+pdf+3.5PDF 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_off0000ef15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF15 17520 bytes
SHA-256: f09de41992a6e2e34c48c3d08fca0b29733862a787aa3e057a291ec774f2fcca
font_01_sfnt_off00011cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAC 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 2ae4d495a60b02c06131c23937e0c4bff30e8d2d76ed8522b2f092c29f83ce29
font_02_sfnt_off000136df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1