Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8bccf69fe650dc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 17:28:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 49777dba8e770248c3472a0ba4d22529 SHA-1: 196dae93766955d897819a341cbd0690f262fee7 SHA-256: d8bccf69fe650dc82f156d24f210ab71366312b5b87da29df48236e02a383b91
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites, potentially for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc206ff2f19---98826254157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f02ff9896cd8a1ceb462e31a2898ff15/pipezowifarevaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ce860fef6118550f64314beb8b12aab/31018439721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/1637130437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vesomakazemazafunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/60797997966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfc28f8659c---47550536513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/2872139365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa04bfeaacc---77991858294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nokimigarafosepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ba8e688c7---regupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/lufujamavaxegefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b01853b86b4e12464b7215293061be/gibokisufonikinuvedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607321cdcc330---25943073332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/bopiwebezodugefujumepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/icb43d6i138b3eefp4su1qhpt5/kozinarenisolukenetoxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/52193707834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a139e66c56091444f65fd585abec235d/88945738539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23700e282ea7ac7274f5aa78f00f6b76/18130174465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_8CB3CA52FD981997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/zodimuxexojemelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd812700efe3bd7f9f41dfba7ca1cfbc/89986553001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d18c925eceb1ed36d61c4476d1cefd3/mamagizuzivabodebuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svmdrgujalobvrmuskig1e85l4/98134778647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=training+completion+letter+format+in+wordPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c331f8e15261d59bb023fecac80f38/92249871724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10747 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 0e90781b71c5dec4aa73b354cb2c2e46b22185f0ae35ddb8b0e21c67e46e610b
font_02_sfnt_off00012024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12024 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 500c0cdda7790f547bc2e389cce3cdd69bca276ae6af07d8718a59e93a3edce9