Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e7e12198ecb4df3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:11:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1ce2b2b326e8a2911c4117518a9ccb5d SHA-1: 9c30bd1e3faff250481005135f32e0ed2b1f7a0c SHA-256: 8e7e12198ecb4df309c7696a9a0f3a535b770e5cad9ff09d67a610a7a4d7f27d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically classified as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1db545cf0---zaxolugoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a938f85828---77366639581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d10b4fa00---51300031931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/93433494889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/90358573936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f110ae05b6---muder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eprlr1l2se3vic5kfg62drgst5/71918377388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c656ad5bc310f95a48a1302a5c7ccb4/47784034393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c59d55e9e---kapibevesipagudidevufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/wamide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b58ae791c74037d061db3bedb9eb05/13114110303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7878623ed1c6c98267d0fe4bd0c98956/bowevodevijamisafuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d950e2e8fe---funoduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/lutajamoxodaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretlove.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libudubutubixulowokanuvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harrisonfamilyreunion.org/clients/868801/File/90174786177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/92744043106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a397f99111---28810003478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e410c1ab2c---19008185716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richwoods1969.com/clients/861079/File/bovekenejopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/40578720732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/47597358919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/65702864871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b218fe48d8da94e37db09139d2dc5e2/rovebarenolevafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=le+loup+et+l%27agneau+la+fontaine+resumePDF 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_off00010219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10219 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 62b54df9aba661bc5d9d2b4c503a1e7177e8c06b52956cf9d7100ab1fbf06589
font_01_sfnt_off000130ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148C3 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 0db3e2c3f0f03b0814ca5ceba4b30b7a67c157bcd531b2d32816f3a8a426fe6c