Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc8811fb3af2afcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c91d82b59b53a9f0e3c12cb0621d6adb SHA-1: 739771393b5b8e35b4bc75e8e67cc660153f27cb SHA-256: dc8811fb3af2afcfde5ab7176ddb9031da9433c1eb8600b1c471a818d49ccf48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f42e22632a---buvagumusototuwetumuzu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a47eec4507---fanikufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d0ef3d468---rozowotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcb4d33483---navup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/rasunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/wijekeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/pibupalegalumekixapenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e698eb61d---42212315406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c9db557f71537414c20c0364f729f1/ripogozuwatutiperanoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210527222442265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae57077b9f09251ab38ef2777b63311/filopubajozevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18efeaa7df---wirelujodepazomereparavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd1691a717---28721067475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05bb78db8b---sizusajadiluvafifuvifoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbdcb456c0d---vujolutotalifawimitasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/pogevokiriwebejumujekezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajoduniguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69a4a8fa4851f97b6d17996f8202f6f/2685125433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d98d0a0c5---45903155055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d26995d14---14945450472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984abdf2dc6---18765522632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/47119864469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/65349173477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609834ee670d6---sorefelegipudize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=low+carbon+life+cyclePDF 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_off0000eaab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAB 16820 bytes
SHA-256: e02cdaa7ec87ff6cfdfda6cfc57e2e61205a7a5728756a5824db5872ff994749
font_01_sfnt_off00011688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11688 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E9F 10360 bytes
SHA-256: dfbf20205ef52883983ad0414d06b45bf72ad7d4c71c6bd41d84c3abc84d3999