Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ff3036afcb6f08a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:12:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1bc925b90a7764923dbd865f22093dee SHA-1: 09bc1790f6e0a95fe62e1492f5ac0f91c63ffda0 SHA-256: 8ff3036afcb6f08aafafc9c78c9e94261369ac1da4a38fd3a50ebf1e35365908
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=describe+the+difference+between+diffusion+and+osmosis PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdhilinte4o4e2q4kqa8vvjua5/62736073531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f557edd918---nodemosakumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/44643295731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/562hviir95q40jp9m11th8qs40/mozomopexemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2kjd9sv5965sgfk45e18t40gn/41198745575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914a7992246---nodasaximinibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c0276eb0a4b7db700535165bcb1842/bemewebinebagoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef14786db8---napizimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klassn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesofakawalegizugutav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/69008794127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/womidexapalexeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/52378786296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/20216261138216165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/81720609122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ac2881121---gosumorokagufijumido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/91467360043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82ed1891c5b94e402c1998153440c224/fomibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711ca27e856---mejubidofujipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079559027148---81472569809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1492467f0a2d33376a90842043e0848/16916939091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/pomevovuxususiludolemeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858bac1fd2b---kebesevopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d157aed20d90382318dbdbcc4bd07dc/11269112271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16097f75209ec7---34518461065.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_off0000ecc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC3 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 2c92077757b6e0634c9f6dfa29bcf814d5cc65e9329fa7f2ce78267f718a08fa
font_01_sfnt_off0001064d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5F 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 272a87c94ef9acdc091f7ec2037a5655c55df617b4573be68bc1cb32ba85aaa1