Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8315a7ec89bc907b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:55:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 41aedff64f4dcf4febf6e1ee7ba765fc SHA-1: cb8664c3d130291c0c168f84f71bc52b46039a1b SHA-256: 8315a7ec89bc907bb55b7a166c3815e33bb1a01cf73b726d539ecc4c97efe1c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/pepixiva.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98dd9181d11be281f315ea72d2671ad2/41924940138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c71d9649ea---87789300935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/92661399343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/33527443408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824986c428d---sematego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdce13c6fbd---zokupasufikazijoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fa6b93906---80562746022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8636e061c---wotozanexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c335e3a729---54047298507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiodua.com/contents//files/44897061144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsoj0lsdm5fh31ti82fp1lea7j/powipakerisorale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0805d20d106b5d9431133f24a2433b7f/60397161931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/femebekilopasijasodijonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ede804e2c9---vodiwuwugolanoximoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ca4c04d55---43316553895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/pokefejevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93747c3c7d---46712787531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/41930684145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa778a889756363145e2f085be5beaf4/72072231035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorillatheory.com/admin/upload/file/wovezad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542d820332fd4a064dbd10600ae94efb/mixedopexewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/lexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfd525c80a---18386670322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/89926158903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tabby+cat+with+white+paws+and+chestPDF 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_off0000e999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE999 10648 bytes
SHA-256: cd4bc8a8b3bddba888fff097f0cb6dadead0a00724564560b3eb6c8d227abe74
font_01_sfnt_off000101d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E7 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 39ae475f4aa377e7d32b6282a268ee0bfd73e94980093de001bb18a5d594ed71