Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f4dd34a91e47f09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-29 00:50:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6f02d6eb0bc61823d2adb11ec9b66bbc SHA-1: 0ee8e4c0842962026b7d293a039fe0f24018a620 SHA-256: 8f4dd34a91e47f099a02b3acbd2dd35d5ce3e262bba08ef24b0edded3dde3441
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically within the 'formcraft' plugin's file upload directory. These links are likely used to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The PDF structure itself appears to be a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833cfb5eb25---dimopuxume.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c19757605---bewoninunuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611562bef1690---vabufobabisoxokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/gogaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/59217808326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150303_073621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokturmice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurolonosamewurawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2628b225e9187c2809574aff840dc039/38012284494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a49517af5b074740764b6aea16976d2/16664401656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0bdcd7ec8---sejiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7220b6b3f24e0a0c4d8ae854b322cb7/28878249047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/fisibezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/xarewetekuxazezekiwowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/zejajujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/molokonarusofijorozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0c2074d52cf8ee8170ffcab3b3b059/wowubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xesepiwize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/nokatevokoluluxuxofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/20804596800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tribhmtg1bd86nepv5uqdokruq/22007517109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c466624ebfff06f75488c0ebbfcc76ba/xajanexalebekitufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol5dh2l65jr70sutufqs0dket6/xuvibasalivazivujobedore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/10831115052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc642b1cb0---89301068644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/80245036344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents//files/bawadoditopufoliwadarabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=anterior+to+posterior+tear+of+superior+glenoid+labrumPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/18371232067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e95e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95E 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 0b3686c05638cba25195027c9eb2d6f9580fa9a3bac9e0522daf56f2a5e2b7d6
font_01_sfnt_off00011546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5D 11060 bytes
SHA-256: bcff3af655a3b13df7e0e974ace8487b48df6f1ba2ee701f7c9b8cd8275e7ac2