Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e6b8fe7b5dc03d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 08:13:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 56a27cef7c6ba3d2371d488f834cb36e SHA-1: e62448494726d062391af6ae2099033a85598cab SHA-256: 8e6b8fe7b5dc03d2a9902ab94a72faa886e66afceac60b9a1c2753316370943f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. These URLs are likely part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing or trojan PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48c0feefcf---bajevu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96bf5baef---puruvawuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/21284094633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd445086f46---85291110604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytmbc.org/fckimage/file/50532725641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/87462504499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf2m2j01ss1a49angusuhtp642/5454674155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f22d18ba6e4be3535006580ce4c4dd27/tuvewazigunotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767af758683---walewosebaxaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e697ee614d---duleneruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/zifuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/71930916966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/bopadoparik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a87213791f4253ab8ad6568548042a66/94760193858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ef439cb64---26492056591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7290i7dfk2kp0rcfk1hpjtos75/11930804566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd50fa81f9e48f8be5b1e9c82682b398/45145192725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/tarejeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6acdb39e8ac1c8000d6095d23a01d87c/28113456611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5e033032---mozotijipejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810557aea9e---dajetotupedasevimenowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/jadinuwegiluzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609130f1e0384---58771104284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0213300b2---kimekodipavovufumulixagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=coreldraw+x4+free+download+full+version+with+crackPDF 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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E5 17000 bytes
SHA-256: c5d665a07237a5d2175a8239f3fe63c358014dbd0d1c865b7bac2255491fe522
font_01_sfnt_off00010f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12741 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 86c85e4a9022a4920772569f13fc8a464b8a344a390686c916c57ee27c54f5c9

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