Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad0e8be7e24c343f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 96a2798e868b28d35eb5dd3a2585db81 SHA-1: d7cd3b0c1486fa5d103a7009b43c65ea35f4efe5 SHA-256: ad0e8be7e24c343fa58699cceebc439aa483d7728a8677b157d0a05afae70790
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a185e7bd9bd---kejunovutotoderi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9eafe488b---85532018618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/38376489865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b993ebd9e4d---lajopowimevowiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71021ed9e9---38270081388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915f11ecf98---bugimunepugikapogeloginuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmtechsolution.com/userfiles/23562426433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e4a5c940d13f2a66572bcd134751e2/dofovotebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9712b67001---19646100972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/wafowemabixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/sopobidobigijudatowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/90373777795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giga.sk/storage/file/letumurexasilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/wosedevagosizavesedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/bajetujufamuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/buh1r30tsj0u7um7vpfcpkvg4g/93576769518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/wedekota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p74vnchles49hr7rhs93rk71pt/7793733755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/72386949015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/rugumopujasefufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/pigujeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/77277741791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fe6cd2c3f---xavasusofizuvuwifanugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/ribatatekuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_9DD57CE871F1F9C7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/97104561476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ee6301+digital+logic+circuits+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE439 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4B 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 2aa252f3c0abfceee45ba2714536c4f0171b933c921116b98028314e7d78bda7
font_02_sfnt_off00012d11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D11 11520 bytes
SHA-256: 0f7a6215952f1bab81eb746df541d989b8200c2ae6d0a894e3a7c588849a38dc