Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8facf542f2e25822…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 16:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d42ccd75bc1730d8a14847980f56541d SHA-1: 717218fc1c2bb9ecf49a60f8cae8ba476592f3ec SHA-256: 8facf542f2e25822247ee47ea0e57d3091863e0fd157ce5af5bc7e06d0ab6616
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e70c3251b2---63446461543.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/tufeduraliveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46566ca069---bavofofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48215749803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817ac55ecb3---kizozozagopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/lebilovugakedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609672ef807a7---gutunubefiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/43594618088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/gotugoxelonipaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/38914944439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nibubarasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae0a059fbe067cf9b4c60ec69728f35/85903491144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021052107472273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/7663777747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72235387060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0452a15ade9addf7360ba92a155abd4/21458723797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d11846ca9e---74448300407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/bifibugozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/kokatoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aecbed4fde---tikuguduvojilow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/xasufodejukopobeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab4b4b85a8---74709002522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keysrotary.com/clients/d/da/da683cbc30bfd632b0b364d14bdd38fd/File/65582444524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56b6a60382---ginuvevabusewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/gebatufaputelaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/10681836201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/86989595869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=can+an+auto+clicker+get+you+banned+in+robloxPDF 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_off0001c665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C665 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 36517b7b84220ed3c776f935aaaacf14f5e814a51b18938692d2543a38ea68f2
font_01_sfnt_off0001dfc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DFC5 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc05b702aaaa8c2fe8373208114bcd7a298134f16db427974e89923ae3d3efd
font_02_sfnt_off000213b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x213B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1