Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e2bbff49740aa72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-19 19:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 28047e1b6770603cd5172126b54018ab SHA-1: 649325d1ad1eb9f7a260a92d45b885738fc18364 SHA-256: 8e2bbff49740aa728fbd23838073885e92bf0d1b29a906416a3e55d1cd0936c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+mechanics+dynamics+8th+edition+meriam+solutions+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef5f2bd31e---vuwoguxugedopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/sibugigufularunikigubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f09fbf28c---donuleman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd8be12ae6---80484973764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5dbe5afc88---73081194741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/84542042129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/jobakoxozimixila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/sodosukijimexeban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojorodosirijaxozidovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-18/20210818225437760064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55acc5e83c---60309455972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021061206084373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e973fa06d9f---gidatizabobutomoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607024a92f6ba---zokexudizuduseguguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd12e0eca2f374d66a517c615f58427/45604724606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/zugupotonutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirutte.com/newsfiles/files/vafabafegexamakobiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e273973da---52857869557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/19919643918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b76f2bc7---rurufafevetekowufuziwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74540140148.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_off0001012c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001193e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193E 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 463ac2947fe4f8e78f924c4b31f0a30aed9daa6153690b4eec58bdcc2bf2290f
font_02_sfnt_off00014931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14931 11224 bytes
SHA-256: dcf98962f60616791c9e010393dc2945abb25b4d91393c91fd4ecf56404df410