Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8f1ec15ef9f7d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:52:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: feba5e703e5362f5ab31e69b3ffd899b SHA-1: 9eb12e1e86efd5d3398ccf71a9658dd788b5d21e SHA-256: d8f1ec15ef9f7d0d59038dbe13aeefb6e9bfe3dbd65a7537172b3148b27f9422
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of link farms in PDFs often involves JavaScript to facilitate redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0a1ff951290c87fd7b9fe549ab126b/42134005120.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc46424b9d---pibaribim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/nosajoxalesuxinubeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0850376474---60069690283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/74614124957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/mojiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///zeriduzaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/kozisipabijazinunedure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/7196264609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/247324963cdfc3072290ac8725cd6030/95498469698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607454fe9f222---62281303734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/fiwurevemejupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0cd2611cf---zimojevujinunabikarofuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3h7tne7nsogumnrmq6vocoar1/pesovafuwikurorisuzaleniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/xolamonaperuxuruneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2b76110e6411f939de4d6585fef2c0/lotariko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824d967f686---86948107857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iohulgnvnp35215ncf1h2k450/74620174758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/rejefukomexawabadirozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff0cab6db5---fejokejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/vawenuxizipitozimevuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ea51482f1a1480f9fb90564dd450da/61351354356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3ab4dd3rvtf6nrunu3p6d1ra2/bixogajabedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/23970121809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ce59d9ceb---11262393812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2ff7df087a0057aec83e3bbe3f825d/juwiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/25354194996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=brush+off+meaningPDF 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_off0000dc1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF433 10668 bytes
SHA-256: c37c6d84f7955894d6461be1ab35b22bd49edc725fc4e2e81faf50a1b1d17682
font_02_sfnt_off00010c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C7D 20276 bytes
SHA-256: c1215c1b129d7c757fef8d4b4ee14a6913f327888f3c6864925172f36b42aed3