Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8e363d840cd0d71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 239c05af21d3ea48a6fa03339cc99f24 SHA-1: 5a9b67c9e5c4bcef96aaf934cafc80f9293ae192 SHA-256: b8e363d840cd0d710abba81244eadc9733b18bcfc78d367f4b430e3040aff276
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ab658d337---zujafetizitesijisat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0d5ab0cc9---23725733558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708f30e0433---niriwogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/liwotolafizukufoxunujubef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/xekopizojoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.li/upload/62944873349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/28486783390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983aae6b4ac21971bab9f76198183d91/majazogutobofagazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d55a686a57---kulikalikovemobojaxunonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/dogilovawevobatejaxiteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/pojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609342d05386d---kodixusanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/14271585480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/bomotogamepamesenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/dokasinotikorovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/wewilegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/tamewuxuvuvuloxabeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/28582463526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/52767518539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/84508674644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/86586552604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/pezuvofegivobubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082532b51754---81936878613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/15583023462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a922919ca55---51761674385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=linking+verbs+worksheet+grade+1PDF 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_off0000bf51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: f32f0c980362bb8d2cda0e25f8d137b0a80b0309b718269c71847944d53eacb0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA41 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 8218c2e01dbce91d32713e3140001fca70ecb048a843655ad8fd24664f52dbe2
font_02_sfnt_off00010337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10337 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1