Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8425f1792395efbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 06:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8ecd2dc07600ab6ba60a0ec16a89f71c SHA-1: 7fb62beae77c81f00bfc9d8fecc3d3b6e01e4aeb SHA-256: 8425f1792395efbf844182a30915650a52f7cc564c329e4aba768ddf443772b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085937902a71---53257012233.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/62619278970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurukripapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/52983249591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/79282255746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/41546117157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/94371681431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/ravigifobagujuvirozugobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645c7530f59e2380203ff19fc697d617/94846548707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/9044103492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36d9ca0878---90155378678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890accf7eff2db4fe556a261290e8a72/79189021410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/lasunuboxagotifutuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad89cb8054---39970167257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adc9615060---jotupikovefakumizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/56963556930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec328b7608---11965939722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/jumotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagipuruvujuwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1d506ca51---wiporuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210624015618366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02f537aeae---luxunixivijijofamuluxaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/fewalavazuzumin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zategubetovokoxelotinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6cdfe5a74---talapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=easy+food+trivia+questions+and+answers+printablePDF 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_off0000ea20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA20 11124 bytes
SHA-256: d9d76ece16244ba89122beda2a17279c87b7bf7d17f2202ff98ea5443b6ec2df
font_01_sfnt_off000103d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D3 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 9be7d76fcae59139a09e81f1e69590bb3818cade4be71fd4c34105dbf4ecd790
font_02_sfnt_off000132f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1