Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8eee651b82e6fb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:31:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c5260155028529cbc23b7e7d624f0ad1 SHA-1: 652e2ff71fa1281ae9e58aa21cdcfba71af6ebc9 SHA-256: a8eee651b82e6fb1279e4446cf5d2527ddd01f22263fa556968990fbc8922805
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a5626cfc1cf7791cc7ac8cf03a7a40/46351849524.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skeu3bbav4taaueqv7rv7v104u/jekedazusirexiwobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78048a1926bd8f742b4cc757645f7330/zegexufalukozomobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/tivijironowukotupokuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/8173780900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nurazisokizevewamabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/97776967716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff46f1f98e9f1f8d1f7d866e7e302b10/43219748881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070363d6686a---repivuvifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/ponimojifefapogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/7100448681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatyzvule.cz/uploads/1276713788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j0davm2icjqjq2v8pjsf57aet/99653767959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/wokozotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/56052738557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badb08ec5c9---fotezozovolotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/selozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cda18968b---biwufugotarufoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28f2387a59---63014707320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/kolowalofulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/waxunefifisete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woletipanuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c1f2e61d81119017e718c2ef213d5a/18723941625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+the+run+cheat+codesPDF 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_off0000e7ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EF 17768 bytes
SHA-256: a815b7a80df087232f71ba8cf56367cfc5af4f9dfb78fb190543522d5c8a6983
font_01_sfnt_off00011556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11556 10656 bytes
SHA-256: d309d888b6b8f6ac74e9a37ee2b63062612683549783db6e91ed92ee08a5b2f6
font_02_sfnt_off00012db8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1