Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8333d8cbad85e727…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 224dacaff344692ea2d344fd759dd537 SHA-1: 52538ec5122a8299d8c78e862eee639113b9002a SHA-256: 8333d8cbad85e7279a35d95dde7ddd808c7872aebc7da677e627a52b0428fe28
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=islamic+names+in+urdu+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43423941810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/xijopabimuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99a7e6f4e2bacc0f377af2a8c9e13f3/xusafufedavukigedefosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1615bf0ee---wutawebezesadapivameriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aj5u30jnk2udki4q35f4i7j5j/75625706910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852dbc601f4---linavakovuraxobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/tumemosinixavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/36903018957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/woxixomavufowokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donationwebsites.com/clients/6/68/68901b9e08e997a22fc64c74502b39ca/File/9462071780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofv8fos8897mqi3e7dirqs6kba/38469832714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0622acfe301cfb5211ba782e295ea30/ligeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borotafaxaduzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118fdd927159---61864011135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/fadovumatowerolewodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d041589cc9a---84039321495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garystrike.com/clients/3/30/301ae0ed988f9237e4cb8f8c41f6cb36/File/rasefujijuwijavuzogunize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/xumimelawozuvumaxafurazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61400300006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuccifamilyonline.com/clients/b/b5/b5aed9f4ae8fd2b300021b46b426cae6/File/59514011317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/485pklj8kts1i8gqqe1plkr6ga/xumotewebevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fbc5d20e0---860749156.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_off0000d89c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD89C 18232 bytes
SHA-256: b857b2346a46a4419f999b2eed6493c00c51e7abcc636ebfe547fea924b42d0c
font_01_sfnt_off000107dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF4 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f144fe9ab3ec1e17d3d33419a1135e6a97fd954112bc945cdf9a1497157027cb