PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8e6e1b8f9f9004e6

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 22:35:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24

MD5: 08ad88f4faaa5aa3a82f987927d2739d SHA-1: bbddd15d8cc0c2ce66758e0eaf4bd162af45cd10 SHA-256: 8e6e1b8f9f9004e6420b911e2e7b48fa4985dcfc2b40cdbb30aeac7258715117

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites using the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac606905a95---64501296655.pdf In PDF document text
- http://inkjetartandimage.com/Uploads/file/totef.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adb9ea7427---47625755088.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607991823711c---73433421308.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/jikolixifenijomorefali.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29ac456702---72104678208.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/pemopilu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.borzabadi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71848013828.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://balmybnb.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/puluvubiwadugal.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f506180063---24358993635.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd7dd284cdf63a544c0453d8fb68e6a/pewemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jemomatakemipubegaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/risazozozosix.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb6jp5o3g4mt4327gj9i8l9muq/88168709381.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01d5c83418---nupesamibaze.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/badal.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53d892a03914c52898f014025f33784/10515135916.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5edc1bdb2f---tabijilazonoxawopipesa.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3745a413f46a1861e3aae6c7aad82386/kerozadagigijo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/modagaderomamowap.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://7tec.ru/userfiles/files/foruwefujotirix.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/wovilijolejaginele.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/dipudavetur.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d571a16e0---69040647031.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a6fc8fafa---dowazakulupe.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=deficiency+of+vitamin+a+leads+toPDF 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000e427.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE427	16496 bytes
SHA-256: `64892940ce80454f67a3af0df95bc83e02bf001b2b5f3ead7019743946cbcd4b`
`font_01_sfnt_off00010e59.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E59	10716 bytes
SHA-256: `a160e751487c207d09b8eb771414b1c727d3a9cb2ff315e3d76c35d48595dd3c`
`font_02_sfnt_off00012700.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12700	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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