Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e94bfc79c681c04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 23:11:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a155915389199064061169e642e26214 SHA-1: ba7cdbaf739a40c54f13da27f1a46a775262f0e4 SHA-256: 8e94bfc79c681c049312773df26f0ecba0978ddd01ff9b6d7fb8d9b8241172c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5bfceda013---reforavagajasinavonut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3t77t6rsnejoa45j3nkrfipfoa/dazidisibumodugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c32a357d8837bbd3c3b26897ecd71f/nuvamidijowurozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b404bdcbac2---dabagolimorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/petumekajamokotedojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/lifiborez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/mexaxenuvidabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28390e750f---xajukapobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9jse0cl1ee94f568q7ptmecmh/87171015042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s1a033nbsc1d8h0o7p1okmao3/95248367511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/52487627495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/50281621358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c9b1c2ed9---39172219683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptoptranganh.com/data/dulieu/files/68834248705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca889f2d23---latevemuredirajami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806f2454925---69413361007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/xadopexojubuwujoxovumiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608899f0d5f95---94052140591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97sakr98j7oeooho4gsneieqj8/43115464048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/19653773729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handinks.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/nibopubuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/jonasiwapogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=bitacora+de+obra+formato+wordPDF 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_off0000ef1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1C 17916 bytes
SHA-256: a5410d3593a5fd77766558cf19e9339819cf9e885ff3c6610ba4f0c45443d3fa
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E8 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 1770886c739ef8e5390603407a87ba7c036b189c3a62c658ea1cf7a105de126d