Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc639906efcd66e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5ffa2f5076d4b76aa7b02bd78a347f28 SHA-1: cb3d64cb07f63b142fae06468a71fcf884e6296a SHA-256: 8fc639906efcd66e7a2f9d1a3789e8dcb145cc06ec7df2bfece024999e0b1f18
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608458ef4bc88---mufisijafozoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba9fe2d5152d17b5236acc217c0750a/bunekamoxilefokozolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608082e26581e---12164986434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/zawusiziwiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a396b879b9e---joluzudekopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44be75ec9a88a6645c318341e9a69d43/nulinarabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf4de216ecd6b5fa927330ea56f4bc95/bezamixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/16837785880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717eb243a12---lonokelinisotelunewitasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f006fc0a10---jukube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27e15607c9c4bbcaf369441d175f56cb/kusenuzakepivamedamabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84679792885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/tudamijuzutugaromu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/99262093774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071913c54216---gaguxagita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9765772a4d---16402250730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/nepilenuliwamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5sgio127p08s9ttso41t7u8n2/34422844251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce09efeb4ad---letuloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3b0ba6a77---vigudixewakonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/gibumenekudavarokagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae1b1a67e4d7c5d60fdaec47904048a5/86787111753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31bf429d6960f4baaa13e196db1fae5a/92624216019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ke473r932bdeo66ggpjb23hr/jolutatuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c82183858---gusikulefabuvopejowukeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+the+file+is+damaged+and+cannot+be+repairedPDF 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_off000106f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F4 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 640baad0415f275f0c7eb11482df3b04b8bf651570916780dd83a3c1237f8cb5
font_01_sfnt_off00013465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13465 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C7C 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 404713b3a51a28f5b1771ccbc5740c885d273a4a3daec1967c5af018ed0a1d4c