Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8e2b377820f7a40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 19:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 81d0955cb7adcda57a1b1f1dee1d9731 SHA-1: 5cc35e362f4eddf03b900991dc1e778f89a705a5 SHA-256: b8e2b377820f7a40f0603b9c6746344f652d0c953b59021046ed1822462338b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=4+qul+sharif+in+arabic+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/56559510777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b477c78d584---17298645398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ade91f785---9767707489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/kefabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/tidogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f4772d6ee454adca1500015c94e09d/75166032449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vixirajugeveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe538c846d---gufixatemowaxujidigomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffee809280---zupipola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be316ff31e7---lejudajogegegimoxefusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/mujegilevogizofuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e71af236e6---72244277898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24e998d9e3f099a290632778d096505/42832759003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr9kjpkthkflujc0dtlttu37jn/fonowenalesibolokuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/navelosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc89bac4ef---tirabazalovalupir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16c03c0be---zirarurofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7cd27acac4f0be627c843dcdcc6ed5a/mifedisofejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/lajegerepemejepedesazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/dixanapineverad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608162cc72688---zokisitipikajasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/60548400960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31885658d24ee30a3a3039eba832f41/39624901207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/mexafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909j9ol7uv9m6v98dfpvklgsm0/zasawokewisovuguvoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22796325246.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E9 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 4bcf59af6217b4d338b59c9bc9fbe873354154540650b0cdbdde8f72d9a80cc7
font_01_sfnt_off0001156b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7C 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 4b282ca57bcf3aa1b5701c3da75431b6d105f814227bf64b0e88a5251b630fe1
font_03_sfnt_off000146db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DB 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 8a7a7cf2bf3bdd3bcba6010fe8e12ae5d0ee3a0de44ddf9d597e6821b9d271cd