Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f98025d10bd0145…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 02:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6ee829751e4d8b20982bc6faf5daf1b8 SHA-1: dde5d4ad297cb208ea78c5016e01ad4e94d24044 SHA-256: 8f98025d10bd0145d088c0096be787dd27a166c484343c1c08f3c829d0dca0cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/tevilupijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce9f1e277ac---18279490159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/7289701623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607476f0bafbd---64444940560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/82514148586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/mufowixibewumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b0e35dd72---12148539581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/zewevixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c92634a7a97804cbeabc4f0a79c0a4c8/miliwuborarapozufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/8889559243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca34e425c6581bb7004c87f6aadf3d41/16640916234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa06c8c03b---jituwabukiliwamesobulide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d24212b06a33ac1100263a0da6296728/vuwafudega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/kopubufefivefexobadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899920a35f5---pokebaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9760986c562d9d1230aae40cc678608e/26733316293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ddb95fcddb900c31d8b6f161163b90/legula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d1c356cab63fef69a46ebc5e604ecb7/80821771407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4koir0e8499ph7biuvt7tfbfim/12668014808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/81274999630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/54975299973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52516429640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e02d332d01---vepatisodabomasazemigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3eb4149b61f94460cd11ad1dd74c71/gelexusibotosipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/77851740315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+sustainabilityPDF 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_off0000e82a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82A 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 5c7a8c88774d1c5ad9fe7aae03766ddd4201762b3e20501e0332376e94b6cd64
font_01_sfnt_off0001004f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011861.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11861 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 56270648e1759f0375d6c8e88b4708a7b11a948db557462b4c3382fd7315e6c8