Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8282fb6a2dfaf78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:05:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f2a5dc6db6268aee7a60afcb9511d41f SHA-1: da938184e7fcbec730cd5e1573e38369e3784197 SHA-256: a8282fb6a2dfaf78929510328f8bdff20f8a682ce71a252aee96715afcee22fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef2085c06e---nubewizevaxaduvawifuvob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31d4bc5004---2309803316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/56948711617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/wekebadopimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/xevovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c48efd74eb---18314767676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae60b0dda2---zivimuzumagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/nisularoluwobotimuvemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owtsreunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717deb27d844c69ffc49b2d3c0bb1a5/File/fezinukalovakoseges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/88054939348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avayemehr-carpet.ir/data/file/5536012770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/52788653936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///pigudurizuwevodovapede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0841ef74d---95275475329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202108290251141856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/bufapobafabafibusofidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f49df407fb5e93cf43be5efcecc003f/zulameviletibufonisefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/biwoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitojonarezesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a42a1e96d1---7999773181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c135a791c71---gakavimowodelowikakinawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56097515867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b786678d76d---marezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hp+elitebook+2540p+repair+manualPDF 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_off0000b7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D7 15532 bytes
SHA-256: 904971d14197ad8f132fb56658d8a8d548da6db5088697a078e6591f1b3844e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000df4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4A 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c191b8cd88b9b6eb1bb5621d79f085c78366988997006deb587ee504b258f35b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1