Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8330591616b36ca0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 13:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 934307f03d9bc09639f5bb2f2f9c2de3 SHA-1: 6f4580f74e028954bfcdfaed85e3f2cfb16fd0b0 SHA-256: 8330591616b36ca039524f4ba2ab23d27ce29b89febce1257c2cb6b76f267388
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with a phishing lure or a downloader for further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210628_6C8264E6D0EFAC03.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/migetamodobinuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/fosomuxolowunarijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607623016c202---ramalotesoxekefenaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c971ff75a2c329694dc9b253d255a3f/45865437442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/sorajitonebojaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ca73c226c---18174953003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ljlhsg6ob6fm7m27v1rdtirm4/8602404129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ed3f63443af2f43eff3df921dad1f1b/15939479463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/nowawajuwovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a29a026296---77311685769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f851b74cb3---bifukerekapoleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/64442998559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/88291603702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc60aad284b---54145215058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f328f38b49---95244891643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minegociomiweb.com/userfiles/file/3889778928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a05fecbd3---lotojijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c88e286ee8---batugugawoxilufasiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/subupoxeguvopilusokokovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c454b22f66b---wojufajurorijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210524/210524160043101540bim38m64pl60.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/vemetafotopidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/68047933193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/ruxakosiresipifafojozukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d679549773a8d66606c65fc1567ecd1f/fexitutulogizefakarifovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=romeo+and+juliet+analysis+pdfPDF 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_off0000fbfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11415 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 467da62caa4eab5a961af7d08196d266f4e070940199dae82450d5dd8e44d6b8
font_02_sfnt_off00012d68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D68 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 4500a3ca7ce23b37b6020c17f6a79b6c3a2fb806d6fc6fd1085b535fb546161f