Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ee9b2b89aebb946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:14:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8ec5a23a1441bc7181bdbb35311e878c SHA-1: 0dcd6f5dea7e473d6f4d6113f595782a65bcac28 SHA-256: 8ee9b2b89aebb946ac7f4fe282688cb33d294e6f7e118973971d1a83df2ac250
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, specifically using the 'formcraft' plugin. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e81d751abf---25750780633.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2puvqdme53qftg8f2crhfbnn3t/64138556426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782994722a9---jodojawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095defa63ed3---nekosuzimuwuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b64bf661---kalovotavebiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/rikixogurujude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc11a1c282d---44165826245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e1715cee13fffc569f0a1f891f733da/69279686234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1f9948b6b---renaverusexizumotoxadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e1588f53c8300c7b8172d609c7289f/lusugupojeroluvotutujonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45580eb2fde54d65710e4c5c961fde81/sunoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512200617119797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1fb5afea6---gatikapikadasegodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b19b6d191a---ramajawajilaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4a0176404b9f64d07bb1e271b2b5a6/kegifugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/kesesitujitubavavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90a9d95527---69324214503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/35668076573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3248c8eaef---vovidelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210519212845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/domafalewobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f41446b3a7---pudisurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ruqv8al87h8n00pcqpos7p33g/11494087628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=calc+textbook+answersPDF 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_off0000c0b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0B6 17836 bytes
SHA-256: dca57b20a56e336a18a21e6a71e0d3e2626525065631dc91c3ac4db4d84e44aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 3820cc7bf565d96270617553303e58b9014ef7900a17a3fe4e4b425c54d9532f
font_02_sfnt_off00010824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10824 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1