Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc7ec52ffffae82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:36:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f57efb0e293b58432609d760388f963f SHA-1: 84b43bcca537046f71331c9abda68e6333ab1b68 SHA-256: 8fc7ec52ffffae82ea095563132386ecdf0f8dea675eb194635a44062d62923d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV specifically identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, likely contains lures such as download buttons or QR codes to trick users into clicking these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb88042376---japogitavupitufugopin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/93702228983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/dijazazekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/gerirodazizotazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/19088397857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/notamuvevubomojavoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4a44dd6bd536bb8218d6baef9ab6c4/82852583510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/20628210702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziligovatidowomeduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c10d10f61---burelisomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteel.my/userfiles/file/worata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/sosezomifonagemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075582f01c68---34845950783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f797596efc10630e5f16803794591c76/76902815224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830d6ed487c---kebovunabisagadiwurabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dd727cd5b---54040798934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35d0ade06a---mubafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/jamefuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/51101912688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/18866321279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99132ec552---madifikokefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/ligomekeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=download+scanner+app+to+pdf+apkPDF 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_off0000ea59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10270 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 3fd56bf16bab125a98e3f6f1b4d36c3ccda114ac2e206c27c430e693f6778a16
font_02_sfnt_off00011b37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B37 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 1095ad8aaf21ae32dc83286ad2b45abd44335eeda82c09d18fb1159a022132d3