Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f418e8affcabfacf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 11:53:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9f61718f1ddb65a3f10f4c9dcd8d8275 SHA-1: ddda08fbb21e745884b9e2618c671414deee4a02 SHA-256: f418e8affcabfacfe96ecf8b774b9c3ed33c3a79a9697582f20c7f95aaebdaff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or distribution point for malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072602885a15---lamubugejinagenile.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/21470897268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/fatuzagurode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1d294a52e---jipejemivazusoravomowadur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57833e66419b3d240d5e6d7ffe11019d/lizotazazudozuloboxowosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/pekide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/fowinibitozujigifeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/74276384082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63405874120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejiropatesetusolibono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/devaxidibigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f87fd646576052a5e0476174ed80177/66489985598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/82966839556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electrogalicia.com/electrogalicia/recursos/archivos/32500868236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f092c9ec7601ec80c048e3cab6bf85a/73125112674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf450e1861ed784f1d5998a2e74209c7/tebujawababevetusegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098912d0763c---52104386974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/jumutalolaraxefevobipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34bae6dcc1---xetumewamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/bezikejuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5465ea2431---77489177625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc89c18789---66316721678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/21922296866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=we+use+milk+for+making+cheese+passive+voicePDF 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_off0000d6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6BE 22248 bytes
SHA-256: 6fcabadaeafeafb67a3c48120f51fca45bdbdeceae6ddc811a6255dfab11279a
font_01_sfnt_off00011140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11140 11080 bytes
SHA-256: b20bc98529714da981baec49670ea6b826243b3e2ff01ead2efd8f1c06e693f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1