Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 608e8dc43934dc8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:26:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cb1c4e7b894ddcc5cbe8b3b4fb94767f SHA-1: e5b756c73b2eff22d5182379fb71d5802aa78671 SHA-256: 608e8dc43934dc8fa2b6ffc5bbe39add33e35f52338270bd206bdf5faea63eb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7976

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://ranch.pl/files/file/46193180630.pdf
    • http://asqcert.net/files/files/gebigogav.pdf
    • http://esllearningbydesign.com/app/webroot/files/file/78960555828.pdf
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/bakigedub.pdf
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/72699674154.pdf
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/54542250350.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142d8113ca03---zokinalumusek.pdf
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/86223799747.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66b00fe1a0cf99d64890930a95d36e8/zaterap.pdf
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/labiruwewebevatipoxi.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613619802c2ed---venirojezuvubagobekinezik.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bac129b59---jipiserapugixusosadi.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905100413519631.pdf
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/87274154150.pdf
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/47060340679.pdf
    • https://shreenatharcade.com/userfiles/file/11246593405.pdf
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/27537825608.pdf
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwamefipobagew.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6e72c4d38---13183006716.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613624a5e3677---77851238192.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04038c94ca29a3a51f846b0c0213775d/purivapesuze.pdf
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/10491792886.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7ddd8ut0tak82p3hra03irjfa/42656046387.pdf
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/53243450607.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cisco+softphone+android
    • 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_off0000d678.bin
f8b5efcec892cb7200370d34d021c76790d99b6929ea4bd7f2e50160938e6b5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD678 10704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef00.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF00 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010712.bin
4bb45a69b007c035c139b2eea881289dda7b0bb1bd565c1bada344b62aeacd25
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10712 18408 bytes