Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b8a0bb7fd0a3ace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 11:15:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8aa9822c4ce04abeabbacb09d504c6d9 SHA-1: 0ec49a0db5fe5475211fbf32a6a5467df32b1bbf SHA-256: 7b8a0bb7fd0a3ace259c62d582011fe3d1307d4232e615e665484e83df215a76
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+firestick+apps+for+tv+shows PDF link annotation
    • https://el-tall.pl/pics/file/44949468597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/36226112723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/puvepolazuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4apmooh5j9dk8sc1juoukrqk0/28141445860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/ci/userfiles/files/14649333542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310de57eaa5---88502575866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xuanfe.com/uploads/FCKeditor/file/vuvopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/kavekukisiwodolewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/pimonebugilededakulelimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/28214276524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141296f8afeb---50451472520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/miwipubofixokejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/14228379985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161399b672f8a0---ragigezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pevidonuxokivurazuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/bijepirejosubifiwivumafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrvk20adji9qq40ttrrvtvpcvd/moramazizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/zotepokurojitomevifugare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/lodafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingfoundation.com/uploads/file/90728027152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/98265416223.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_off0000b6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6CE 10724 bytes
SHA-256: bd7fea4c7d661f0ce2a18595c9af05f6680a98a5eaa6361067bf78adcdfe2841
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CF 15840 bytes
SHA-256: 84d879573835aef4959f9e94ded0ffe7a44ebb84bf7eb1cab8abcc5a97ad4a7f

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