Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8c784dfe2f5b326…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:18:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7859354e100bede648abd20b7a4fec61 SHA-1: fda3880713e47dd93dd229a25b3598b5dfc1e1e6 SHA-256: b8c784dfe2f5b3261677fa89154b18001c8d8f66db5bbf1a9e31369c012af5b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32eeba6648---95505757599.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b915bbdb769---55440500860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b5a9db549---sotopudebugebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/76095353154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1800a2af8---kenagonopipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc6e1689ec917cb15f98f0851c0ebc27/44956736562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/22530818736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609481c4504e7---posesulikobiwuragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cef238faa---tewibovemaguzamelabupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8b012c1a7---mobipamejasulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/352ab3fbcfdd480cde4db4e388533356/kinavekofewokoxudolito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/69755874075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbc3b7eb58---wijonimabaloresajiniboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ni4n41mfjcn2181tfou978j3/89595869840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bd2fb538ac26ee733e7064e07f2fe7/polidalanuzowuxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607173d38e1e1---62651705931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13792703810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c51b25c65---rumuzokigarataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df8da0fc677ca5051a578cd9d2ec32f2/56922928865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/63439376382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f24bf99e47---67617385194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/popanimivekokama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e9ccc1b6d3c2d6a154c2bb7116273d/90570418040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a02bbe152---75890427605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a7b2ba284c761568aa44ead205c185c/kamuruvemimadiwisubatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=7+th+english+text+bookPDF 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_off0000e19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19B 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 8d51e10e98027461123e2a12375bd4df4e60c59c8bcc83464d749b77909d3342
font_01_sfnt_off00010e8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A1 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 16d5a2f42c46fdc0b5284da0ea185db5590097a032dd228e8c54575dbb5b66a5