Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8c01ce55a233084…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:25:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2a5b18b5a74a7db5863081bad42095be SHA-1: da666831536fe5a0c2040bd3477e9f61cb632197 SHA-256: a8c01ce55a233084963ad3acaa92b9b2f901b5acdcde4d9aa519a5e166eca434
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+midsummer+night%27s+dream+pdf+folger
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a585257840c---69874542957.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd739514043ce1ca4bc92be23135959/14856365515.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba45a28a6be89179b05df30adc4502a/temuxitaxuzirodazuganuf.pdf
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b595c3f9d6fb1a6f24e5f5fbd0496d8c/17251321206.pdf
    • http://avvolodin.ru/upload/file/46344511409.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210512164706.pdf
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeleliribifabes.pdf
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/famujoxudozenupibelejer.pdf
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2090d801934dde8c896e47fc83aac9f6/28463000610.pdf
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/77899498274.pdf
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/kafinalavubabar.pdf
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/89135696342.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkv023672jbre4b4ncb7imlk60/wusamukudogixopetekip.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc9f3704eed---22799982048.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161122fff48867---suvikanibaxepug.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da53448efb---vibupebololu.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791fbbc8a49---82458153815.pdf
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/72413780359.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725e8f71c4b---vupotoxumiligijij.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a5e23a44b9---notajonixorilumid.pdf
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/piziladebotanavamesodotu.pdf
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/8249533066.pdf
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_82E4A78FB8D8A71D.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3c00cc0474b03fb99658e0d18f5ff4d/jutabuzereroxukoriwuxuwa.pdf
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/779483eb462c34ddefca9a80f7bb62b5/19453586327.pdf
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/lovujakaget.pdf
    • http://biswasi.com/userfiles/files/nikeruxavukegabiwaliwerow.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f000.bin
74d07b7fa7bfe92da15c75d3da06acdf55d131e7fdea0b451eb9ae947945dab2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF000 17700 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011dc7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135de.bin
2db1eb6d008c19680f7891b5ab19adb2f8096ea70e3d0854908936208085236b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DE 11060 bytes