Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d8efdce9f6eedfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1880ffeaa7c5505325d8770d7492fee4 SHA-1: 91320698c04c4a85dbaae446dd9f8f44c006fc95 SHA-256: 1d8efdce9f6eedfad7108ade5aae4ced9caef64bfa412df8a69fdbb2e1130d9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it is designed to lure users to malicious content. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics strongly suggest this is a link farm hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=relationship+marketing+pdf+journal
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/tefenirekexejoni.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2410bdbf998ab6958620fdb945c23a0c/sasazelisejejogokeg.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079eac46cee7---voduxusimilivinolotebek.pdf
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedemejelux.pdf
    • https://progin.swiss/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76085262551.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb66fd6a026---kuxugetisipazosizu.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c78772dc8af733cbb940471141b8215/52357128309.pdf
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezirurumesudebarexu.pdf
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40579734267.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34e624a75b87789e8469df38fd14556e/jezudobumifebukug.pdf
    • http://feuerwehrobrigheim.de/upload/files/81424788970.pdf
    • https://panelshock.com/userfiles/file/13651471465.pdf
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/wadomalixa.pdf
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/xoxemudog.pdf
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/vowuwemerusevi.pdf
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/kibuwer.pdf
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/vulowakuvubijajutopemo.pdf
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/xawalomap.pdf
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/gazobuvipu.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39212bcde603817325324d96661d8bb1/vokadezu.pdf
    • http://girisimcilikproje.com/resimler/files/16994380419.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947cf55e1fd---74249251154.pdf
    • http://sbcnepal.com/images/file/56540324592.pdf
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fcd5e7ca2---kagakigusizigowi.pdf
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/boxolofunoz.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/52105822171.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b11a2d711f2f29db4172bfbf51dae417/58606515363.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929e2797eee---fogil.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c5b5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddc7.bin
2575687e8ed5b1af1f0663003e1e0bee6a132583cea9b01024850422f4a295fa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC7 17328 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010af8.bin
87fc206f4ab70ccb9c185d2481089742a2dc2f0a8b3feea66f2e13ce4cb1e238
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF8 11312 bytes