Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8996e3a339f3cb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 22:22:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e851819b18b7bd19901a70e00a9b0b20 SHA-1: 8af67aef058d4d92510901dfb74c3087f13aa1bc SHA-256: a8996e3a339f3cb81df978625dce5ecb70527410ea275c45205fd0046aafd751
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • 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://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a07076b9ce---42639817328.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/kepebebadujopavavofimode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/korojosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/5092375409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210803060934334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/mebivorerobepowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/kikedumiwesatutixolote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_47A79C34FA5D45EA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tipekuguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/50434935743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/mofokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66feedb6196577bd1ea341ff6b3f93e/dokulugewubapuwofedami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7210830b32---82904902638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021072720320373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/7892529776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/wimojisubeperolodiwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/7498315059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/vudaberigone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pawsandtiaras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolofanulanonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/46764216870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae2534893f8cad54fcac33a933d76d6/55425068232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/luwutobalewexojotomodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/48896917992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/6034936702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/87321423249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=download+lomotif+app+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_off0000fa70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA70 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 7af99b57e0e914d9bc1c3779ffc9af25abf358f94e78ca1d8830af7ed4d111d4
font_01_sfnt_off000129b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B2 10436 bytes
SHA-256: e5646af8b75cb3675c00552608c43a5cee951b073299344b70d3c1ff183861db
font_02_sfnt_off00014156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14156 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1