Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8fabf204eb87fd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:59:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f8bc5930797eb8af813de8b0876e1a36 SHA-1: 450201b76075e1c138da3f953df1feec4571f6b2 SHA-256: b8fabf204eb87fd4e19a1f56dd9b594b56d2f7076948b810f2da5f954e506281
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, with the intent of distributing further malicious content. The PDF itself does not contain executable scripts, but the presence of external links and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021091912230052.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefofujufidiravokenexudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hastensandbreakfast.nl/userfiles/file/15890146322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riviera.az/userfiles/file/duvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/fafiravogojuvikitifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2c382f01e491f784995a14bb21db16/baxetawexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_0F49C463D02DF587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/29502719498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp/files/5667384630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l77qqudg197i9ttp5387q3142m/82491535032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f1dd6290d---63536226012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iuf.kr/pds_down/files/dojipoluzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/6200274302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shanghaicruiseparty.com/uploads/file/29240339351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cdfc7358e5---5407939280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/18344253362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents/files/pukofumimuzotogukupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvine.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/7542686198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74105801264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/66260964215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/dumiwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/9766907272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424d51f4087---vubafuzogikibizokobeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/2724727903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+see+who+watched+your+highlightsPDF 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_off0000e8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E2 10980 bytes
SHA-256: bc3370d3a061bb6d737a8299bb40ba0915f1660f17785d52849e35cc69658a3d
font_01_sfnt_off00010237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10237 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 18f2d2c8c317cfafd18f5ecc7703bae25cb79050f5f0eea019360f710443c457
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1