Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8bdfad84a5068ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b0560606059fbb9662370765c4666dd0 SHA-1: 598edda95cb7777341fc1cc71edf1d1c90bc59f2 SHA-256: d8bdfad84a5068aec8ddd1d9c437828a4c91e1c600564aa36954b88858f754ac
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size, image-heavy content, and a clickable action. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDFs. This suggests a multi-stage redirection designed to obscure the ultimate malicious destination and evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0d1c7a471---53825577999.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce98dce255---34886112595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/41316187868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sefj7qmq3ams96f4iph34imgt6/gazujano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c295b8152---mokebijinitezojitoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb8f6ddee26558ccf3f4d475e3b3df2/pipikefajezilepipedoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609269d44c116---44513305810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0a04a8mllls46vgn5jsfjs040/9880348961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/tenusejilenajozove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca17e344b---deramipudulenowopimazesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/saweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/59301778439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70d0f87ea7---44378166266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e08574d992160848d62956abdd45daf/migukugatodamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akilanews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39101316653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/luvobegiseninedure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/5247915544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/78088629251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4219b85aed---vegin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7032278ff0bb57f0dbdfbf1b4d218eb/zukosusuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9700375468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potlista.com/file/files/15467283912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cegled.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/27046292041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2552bd572ffd74f21de1905bf9935c43/18618873394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=owners+manual+2017+toyota+corolla+lePDF 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_off0000b4fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4FD 14220 bytes
SHA-256: 86dc963d86e439f0b9c0026f93a6fb962e8e62ee48e9175c3bebb9cab5f52e19
font_01_sfnt_off0000d837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD837 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f04e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04E 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff1b4c5de08aa99ac7b399ff5310649d096911ea7b702e2e3a3ecda4975096a