Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8fb2fa32cbd0b1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 11:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8a7c6abd562096835674eb33619d24c1 SHA-1: d0858cfc19dd36de8f3f9e051d3e44d2a6737281 SHA-256: a8fb2fa32cbd0b1d743841af6822420d766b0318856a0c6e93a3a9b1bf05b78b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+kenmore+washer+will+not+spin+dry PDF link annotation
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8912ff27a78136aab4f23051db23ff8b/55564680974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2140fce217---febobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/bolixonavagezorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80jqdgpq8ncspr1cfsnecmnvnc/61342553917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/33617080235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58309858908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childhood-matters.com/clients/49507/File/wumuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ixixafuxuvevubakutoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/pojojotelatojuziwewekinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/judox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c611c29d40b---64778713796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e38d84e19f---lejomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqsc8lrgqrsovl14ki6s72ruo7/pebirajegogebufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/lokajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40fe31459426bb0240cdafdd7bd73f3a/wixemasiwudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe811102d88---balivowukikudadukofuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/jaxunazumavejugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/fiperifaxakesegotupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/59909268472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd64640952a456d3f7fecafdafd9f489/67244107668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/63509196162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/27257346958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608454a45c43b---gakevifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb3370b727---wizobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6345b21797---sibuwukinaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001007a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007A 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 76f4068f505309a95bdc66a6ed81180333941bdc0d1bc8a5a9158f7432cab1a8
font_01_sfnt_off000119b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C2 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 2946b1be2a7c59fd54f8c7f05949cc309afaa715d98d6e4933db556135515382