Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8168a7b15d91b587…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:49:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b16bc6ffbda2bb080a8f589eb13b09f8 SHA-1: 4e9eb417bb063490ff0e5ec8f53de0236bac752b SHA-256: 8168a7b15d91b587b06ccfb80a14c1e5bc547a1464565fcf28d159dbb9a96f61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' indicates a deceptive call-to-action, reinforcing the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=matte+direkt+borgen+5a+facit+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cbd73ee1ea250358e2cf368ca585053/56263120864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39d302a368c1c51352d4b1a24d01edfa/85740617677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9bc59e324---sakunebewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23490c67b67c901ce17d6cc8047d48bb/jeradazopelidonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rm-centr.ru/uploads/file/3747244087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/050449564299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/vapul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/81075404443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/58306418608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/9348330657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ff8fc0853---desavuguxefeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc31c057b98deee36c18d6b91c929ea2/4592588088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/59308135886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e48fb3794ca---tojari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4b831a0dce2a5ebbbd62f97ec33ae2/tedurasofimodojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mssi7627oj2k280t7207sduu7v/sudupozezibekomadefane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/kenawotapakureze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae1ae285735834f3214d3b7d02d880d/rabotubufizukeriperedidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161024b36c0076---44754325975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021820335422025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa7vfqf593pgvd9a3hqru5qj0r/7615383609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squash-fitness.cz/userfiles/file/firupijafutubebaxulujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/gedof.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_off0000d17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e98e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98E 21576 bytes
SHA-256: d2017087a10d31176c722a0181d1bbda3891e9f5ad3c36fc7c15f8947b33fdf2
font_02_sfnt_off000121b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B2 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 77d66ba8ff0978c1d24c2cea4b7a6ea0c028d5575335166e1b279163aa9490cc