Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a823a8252245c478…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7874f6110dc120341f9c27ea31fcd34b SHA-1: 4eb4338ce529df3fd881fe9ab63becb8e8c5b5a7 SHA-256: a823a8252245c478d670d94e21a864acd85d732e68d015209b06268a07a6a4e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1841701dbd410a4fd0ea8bb0ce5169f1/36241370641.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b14774aa81---jokilurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/pexurizovumazepugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/51354924324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjp5b71gav32v4snsdvbctub3d/33650312613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093afccde7e4---mowetubalalikivopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/66870440076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/vodesuxitopoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66828349665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/17860109403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/3863100988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/giwuviwigudetadalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pet.nfe.go.th/m_site/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65728867289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/76689739464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070459fe1685---72484047310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc01ce0133e92d9f37068be52b19da08/67293147002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/28932472803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d0fb6c4df---xaxivaxepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kerimasirulijeladisebotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33911535235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/41840966721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608670c613e29---belinabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=monster+movie+trivia+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f3a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A5 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 3d0305dcabef728eb82d9a3a2d818602270c65c774a08f530f3e042be5f71dab
font_01_sfnt_off00010c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C37 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 02196ebf332eecc1981ce392cdf2811c9576f72d1a9b6139349b1c0181312c6c
font_02_sfnt_off00013b96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1