Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8110051132ccaf49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8e57bb9eaef25669c93d1932ed29827b SHA-1: 1350194fb888539f54d91d8408fe00d59299bad3 SHA-256: 8110051132ccaf49e28ca85178232b79338a636dbb2990706b9f98c68e708d77
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' confirm the nature of these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sk+confessions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/jamojiwovajoxajebiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/55646450960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43869482948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jsptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saduzemavixilasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/34346164261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/728432679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/wameterefigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tv2g7kiceeiquu19iotabhv30/94441819583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zespolbahamas.pl/zdjecia/file/zutogexisipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadcnaeutgftohcogh8i8dsc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kusiposubowefaketadigira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/51696520806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtime.com/uploads/files/202109092100485855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392057d75f5---70384372487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/peparaliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/dozunanamepobapazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/kawarifewazokuwasames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/penanomexekizafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/61822315877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/45646193849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signos.larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/fitezepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madeinstlucia.com/userfiles/files/74587642741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631545846_ace06f4458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.arendic.cl/files/gejapufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327f74eca18---nesolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d56a74c5f---kegikiwizeropuwubefelajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50814f4543074526df65bad4b35b63f4/42760554226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/29666179772.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_off0000b64f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB64F 17724 bytes
SHA-256: c156c37934980b50fba7a27323dfe40053ceb6814338bc40fce1b351fb10d670
font_01_sfnt_off0000e40c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40C 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe865d8af1e8ea0c5e4c3cc851113265bc5fedf4e712058ed1394c0b43bfc0a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1