Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8e32fca4a75ecb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:19:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2b8198b433bb4709ac89a0eb4e2a6392 SHA-1: fa848da10dccbc191ddd4cc8fab693d4c31c2ac4 SHA-256: a8e32fca4a75ecb9435a74088ad231076be9b3292b9e388d380b37b0d57a900d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate a high likelihood of malicious activity, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavevazamuri.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dallaslandscapedesign.com/media/files/munomamodirefulezuwanevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j90r9m34g7nbvkhc5ggomg5a21/80025504966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/kogolojamawapamipirexeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/lufizelonokikosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608658e2e0c2f---fusowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/xusesuxoragofovisoloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/48834188103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/medafesusoxabekajiwesebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076543cd955c---zobexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/21813365988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/73618650976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c1c7a6f2cff1e45ab124e689fe4be2/zaviludonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ee35cb774906e0b985507276b5be3b/rumozelaweras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lprkijm15haj9ovlmap63ovs6/1705627603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a4ad35bd3d9c696b3f394f75884d24d/dobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ac2c654bc---kakimixezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e72ac9947f---fapasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1bibeqakqbqmb8ft7upriikdv/dewemebopowibevulovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c26354d886cc43fa9cae7abacf3931/38443297137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/vefopolozubunetutebezanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e545ae4d21---fenijejupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m88valfdjjieh01b6vulgh0933/zidugowola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=restaurant+opening+and+closing+duties+checklistPDF 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_off0000e99a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AC 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 96e6173e59d9368a7e55427fbac3b09eb0480c2f56ebb0c4549d5acbcd13dc22
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF1 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 237d16158c2bf88dc88301ebc33d8db3ce0157280b3403ab5270b7cd0d424644