Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8360bd65de07eda2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:22:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 634a22cd698a7a0bd63b611509e8fd3d SHA-1: 95678a76ea68da27d7ec2359c02c65dbf9ba6f05 SHA-256: 8360bd65de07eda27b5516855dfbd60b548d7d193932d5109462662e77faad76
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This structure is indicative of a link farm, a common technique used to distribute malware or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ae9b67b89---18383100682.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6ff7e4908---vipideduzozotukuwa.pdf
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/92302052827.pdf
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/tamifikovogatapetavajixu.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b819e82f6f2c42c074ad68f64bded5a9/wujukudozi.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4494f3869b0a0a7ee99cdb82d1dbefc9/gesowakerivedakiwuxakojum.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1f182f260---46583180033.pdf
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/fazuxisogajosek.pdf
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9d9a6bf59172e8c52ba419efca4784d/femifisopuw.pdf
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d5d91m2jaltbdqeke4m77b6p/63628699710.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc38a58031---dowunutefegusakesemuzuno.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2807d97a3d---85960150016.pdf
    • http://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/pisilemor.pdf
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/gikakovutibovinagirojisu.pdf
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/61903328557.pdf
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwibubopimojogurugip.pdf
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609868ad5ab1b---nifoxevevanina.pdf
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/kebezo.pdf
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/60762890362.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc932365b81---nekuniviziromuluwogu.pdf
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/34023738059.pdf
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1676f19ab663a1b8fa11d1ea504c4e4/15602497172.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hcs12+microcontrollers+and+embedded+systems+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e37a.bin
795e74ea1ef8cd5bb6f2c5aeb4fa0ef85f89561a3e64b2ba0ef40b2914a11680
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37A 17792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111b4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129cb.bin
3ff9e801b7f0ee9c1f1de6de2c92002bd8da467a85ed9e4e0a40b2cdf34dd759
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129CB 11196 bytes