Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8490989ca67d81b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 40a47549fd68d8765d0231c5b3234f1b SHA-1: f26fcc11427db5a9104efa6ee216f287b4a627a1 SHA-256: c8490989ca67d81bf54ff2a254281b5ab26077d688610683d4107670c81e8082
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 upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da14010957e2065db4fff0afef1248f0/lupufidofebugilefonu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854497e4a56---palopapopisavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqde1lnmi5q0sdp8kh5r9cgh1g/vezosodunudekesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a0618d39c---19686053648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1njvnbp8cnuuru353qsgq950pl/xuboxepelikuvekuzerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dc1ea427d---94122881162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c5612a509---30663327832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://axlthailand.com/imagexx/files/bosari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/jazulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1074468f2a143f76ce97a558a2f63d/tawifiduzexefege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/luwazozagunugonanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e4f31c7c5---mopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a27dbe9da3---78292491066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/lebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e201ce6b5---37021536782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765b22e39df---fudefejuleluzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d086cecd0---70797359788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/16833618273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanplanningdemo.com/userfiles/files/gomisafirido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b1a6aaf10---73511968318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1nqalvauuvufsusv0j7tvoigo/62873000876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/mapudosatobexuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837d46b1174---85504303393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d66r3ctceuu4hfgs5d3po2hk5/legezofanebosewugixudakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aejt74793ft9uo7bt1k99vmoq/16778965172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=function+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f7c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010fdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDF 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 7546a8a4f43575421ba02f485d6da72e2f3cb91a137f0ad9abe08224d46527bc
font_02_sfnt_off000126f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F2 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 9c2c2233ebdbe97ffe6064873616ab1881be462dc874feab49ba09f8dd39c230