Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec8b0356f33a54e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e0b7029a75077e76fd8a8afc2d13150a SHA-1: 8ed30a1af04599840a03c840fa7eda25726659c1 SHA-256: ec8b0356f33a54e85cc4165baedb78a2c301d527f4026dbfca140511cde94761
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This structure suggests a phishing campaign designed to lure victims into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acceleration+and+velocity+time+graphs PDF link annotation
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdf9847ebf---sinapagavojarafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a0784d026---fabozezexawarotosogowipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d528112jtc7veskv6gkk89tplf/wulusofavopibebidotugubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085aac295da1---kidivorajorekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f9b2a585ada9b38d51e05418c12696/70409005981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90667113809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe37u82nn9h8f6ar57gv5uabb2/86310448676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7450f9895c---28782180842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/vutegadudinabubufupowexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54527090163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qla80kgihevu32u5pjv54ggdqk/8396352314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/443bf70e384dc1b158c29111f01d957d/lawigoxuliwazinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607002882ba08---95234311449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/digunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desense.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/lifebonizanujopifokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/zimivowakedaxoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5cf1de03b4388784366a828d9645c5/56861991184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efb9a528a9---dazupemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b3a1570f7---lutizazosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/818952886cb2547e082284e1cf9a9670/migudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/27979475315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c8cb25115---xigiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etprbrt4ce417rkje9dgja0q11/70410541600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7da68ded4---naxezavufegekavesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608772d9093f6---8543433460.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_off0000f521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF521 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D33 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 3e06046730e73e28d51c6d2441c8537dedb1e97e1336a62c79ad6d07cd36acfa
font_02_sfnt_off00013ad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AD1 11124 bytes
SHA-256: daa70d31e01aac5349b0bdded1febc8430729958518526797fcf1ec1347d23b5