Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f9327c62d9e0476…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 11:26:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 42a51791f26594af11c478125350c1ed SHA-1: 6fbff0540d6a09ee3923ac1a1827a3656be7d92e SHA-256: 8f9327c62d9e04760ade4651eaa36f618f1ec9e608723dc49654567ce2584926
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely serving as a lure for users to download further malicious content or visit phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links suggests a redirection or download attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee5766732a---46603010087.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d461e22614---88189954972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f1731744a---gesosorebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/51129377818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/33206591385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/49898826160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608921802b707---24799524477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/tixusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a758593ab22d1c8c190c535e24a8a27/zogawerejelolivoxato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37839914609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/gekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377c653b12d41fc73814745a12b6bd5c/vaxenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/fuvubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b01cd43cb53d5c7e80eeee5443b5fcc/55071093241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/11584310422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/detuwadobibijalewivumufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/witaraxumujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/71096905371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1eccfd9638---61631987625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/zapuwotimemokusigeluso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/33800451835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/89104945967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guloxapibulurisajovero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=download+avatar+3d+1080p+dual+audioPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satazu.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_off0000e979.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE979 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 12da592124f182134baa5591f78ed0f5dd09b9f86fb42a50f3baafb4050c314e
font_01_sfnt_off000102da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEC 20092 bytes
SHA-256: 44c45c82e725b3ec9704a3bd1c65da91eaaa32284af4c01e59221f836dd4eb4e