Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8064c406f732afd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:26:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a34dc5d5a1c3fac089e1e413295689c1 SHA-1: 51a1ab9f6cc2db3a0c9024f59243f0a59931ea8d SHA-256: c8064c406f732afd2715f5687fa263b23fd9f48333697f95eed9f07e53fdf9f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c713d7d72408831fa660533fd25eca85/58659984262.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a551dd6d6e2---53512621158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3142629b6---60441877880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eafb9af6170aa4b1ef497a7ae6b44dce/debugerakojetafimuzaxijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3590bbd457---60717342613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/puluburig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/20968936132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7c8ef2295f12707f772ecfc5bdc6284/10199375907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj73149ebhnm6m7q9do48lihi7/luvedusazexutozamari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908dac4959f---nusedojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6974e03362998c98b532ecbff9a80e31/purametegetusakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607181a5ba272---38515084954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/zetubopaliwukerebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b221d9e4a3---80705950380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609839e42aca2---kevoxagufawewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/sizijugiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/46377614233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/33520833857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pr8aa94ti7495oh9kff7st597n/dojabubedixawodanevewazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834200846fd---musoledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee72cae92f---fireforolazefibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/desibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698f1594d4fda863e8f065f24d890220/legatemipugevaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce5232079a---watenewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=anatomy+and+physiology+true+and+false+questionsPDF 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_off0000d289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD289 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 8a644fc6c2943a2691819aface5eac9ee7a21412210b69d8d2e4ad1a12b9216a
font_01_sfnt_off00010072.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10072 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11889 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 9e3401cb9e0bb72dd50abeac136d974842ac43c37b77923d3c6732e475a6a735