Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8159c27af09be36b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5381954af73101958ed80c45751b245b SHA-1: 3a3f367bad5f8ea40ba8cc118b6b886b461b55b9 SHA-256: 8159c27af09be36b5819b72e62b0da23cfd918066c1d0bc9b2ada85e80f3b541
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffd324889c---wuwitojuverut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/1991438651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artemon.nl/userfiles/file/pemifamivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandaljeebanking.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64668062385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/66479321824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenatharcade.com/userfiles/file/1297263669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viduxonizogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/jevoxilevevujuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a10d0b9a7b---jikojowawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/budex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/83383062225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36909601084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/70386687989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitamebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/finavegitanobamuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27673747180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/xelagabifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/vizozekenasifokumazijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5150a54c6ccedd105b41f58f5974a0f/74256310486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rongqichem.com/upload/files/90666542389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/52119834829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdbuucftebrrj9bfgonq2cv2g1/pitixekolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pamudivitalesupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf0f6a2bab---5786889736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=k+lite+codec+pack+for+android+mobilePDF 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_off0000f22e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22E 10836 bytes
SHA-256: eb7f9d7402f4cbd13b94c1a671e1cf3af8d276bb7d3e9f29333eca6e369b358f
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FB 18924 bytes
SHA-256: cbf8bfbc81169cb87a6480cbb380008197ed024900f2d277e63eb26504f49a94