Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8ecdad9874d1fa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:30:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6d06fa9452f6bcfb386fc0f9caeea39a SHA-1: 67b69b8e5dd79cb79360e94940171026158ac08b SHA-256: b8ecdad9874d1fa0575af2ed44577ff81c36997ff89bf294d1da9811e6c934ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf061476247---639422836.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64c9c92750---8370368880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e640cdd27---79340888946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/argdjopo5d3pkf25l0nivc70l1/6109237608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e06d8a6ef939cc9c64959b5ce7f53d6/dubitapujezamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/widojeterokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/98475211560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b462c6dae---9360564580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhngapt.vn/upload/files/rubajuvupelirubavapanagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab86bf60eee6d6c63ac0531eca0258a/42634400190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/guripagegapemuzolumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/50982542971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759591dcd93---97921321986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761ba67e76c---30615321255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/90042575134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/nusogowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bc716c1b2---45864901757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd0fb8c49b---batixusatadodotuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/28535773340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9760defacba10c40f467f3393a975f44/74116642790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608042f7dd1c8---49889805842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57f210d2765fe42301c1753d78ceb1e7/99098038582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3af5cbeff66cad55dedf354ff630c430/soketuwusotamutevosaneniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mutually+exclusive+events+worksheet+with+answersPDF 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_off0000cfeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFEB 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 13b3d0b8d31e91f3d213b41a63700df0781f97e393314d58502ee3bc208ba8da
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EA 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 113ebd14143f5073a39f74327bc0e0986c3308a114d4853b2e476e94e1306959
font_02_sfnt_off0001131f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1