Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8be005fef20215e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:10:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fa505e4ca834bf84fa4b570b0db48ec0 SHA-1: fcae6c40cc09b768a1a93678de8dd5a658eb7cff SHA-256: c8be005fef20215ee0ff07a5032a01cc084cd7ae7a758a057cc979d1df55f8b0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic suggests the document is designed to socially engineer the user into executing a command, likely by presenting a fake urgency lure. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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 https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b84urd4uc4limstdbppkunffk/67262807087.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b784a819ee06dbae1a5a4ce74dfc71d0/sixowovisikuvojizakoxepa.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9d8f75463---guxuzajij.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d051f06f7---53830633962.pdf
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6cun89i1r6utiv5inmsebcmfs/55141674509.pdf
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/zumamenefebebevapas.pdf
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/juvunotunurovu.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1fdd054bd6---70534887493.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0a6527891---paxuxivaxepikalepizefewis.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec6a36d5d7280d768279617bca54625/48031854011.pdf
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/892ac8ded280ee256cf999323d3930ac/vibapazaniwu.pdf
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bdb72831b82127ad5ee568da0c40cb0/nilasovejizulufa.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dd23c25f1---kerawod.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e406e48889---ruwesosojudulakavuli.pdf
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58d7d1982c233cc50dad472b1f6052a/14407885612.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d39fe6c89f669ce6eb65631e9e88ef/kazerujesorebo.pdf
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/jagilomotifimowejatuxapu.pdf
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/33748957772.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1672a577f3792e4ae62fcb66866e19/22764092033.pdf
    • http://berrybucs1973.com/clients/3/3a/3a2d6910be1067feaf6dc79f90d505e0/File/38369401400.pdf
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202106/file/19852930474.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/xojirurerorojidiriwozulag.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/xeregevejuzereja.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ease+of+access+meaning
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e784.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE784 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff9b.bin
33898a5fb697b7e68f55e2aace837a129364731ecdaa3e4de72f42cd1fbf6404
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9B 10416 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011730.bin
f8ed71e937cdd48bd74df10aeae51d08825126a30bc1a9c70caf34a9e1118a2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11730 17532 bytes