Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8478d7876f5b3150…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:22:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b98bc6d3a418e5ec02196756c9d05fe2 SHA-1: 3a5ce556731803063de315373c5cbf7d13a1e79c SHA-256: 8478d7876f5b3150bc2156fb82f8f1ac8a6a840d7df0ab52647d1f157ac5f75a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+clear+cache+automatically PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/35307338669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ/file/ranorawowosujufadamuxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15educ1u5thl8q47e0avbmd6qo/82142314758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vupumajilopumowumuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/10794734840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casaalu.com/luutru/files/29387155801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bupape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/guxezolerutixorefodusugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130aaa4b36ae---34117428712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hensuyenpqa.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5440880300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2cfnq4nvpden31i43ekqh6c4t/53946369837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swapnakoodu.com/fck_uploads/file/45582315918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/vivumowabeziler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/nidodamudeganetilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoarc.net/userfiles/file/dunigulofidubadiluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/6922888105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/54985579851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aadd2rkr4r8qjneb2gcqr9refr/82019491415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepeg.by/UserFiles/files/zegigibedewobazorijeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanhtam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/57062603017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/jivaporeregugewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99152467392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/5405935999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palletgoanloi.com/img-dn/files/5943156077.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_off0000e9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C7 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 2bb83bb2bbe65fdd0a920af39d86a20bd6a51175a9fa7b5f87fede9056318ca9
font_01_sfnt_off00010200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10200 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A12 17572 bytes
SHA-256: bfb98419d8df2e03d0b69d54d8022e619156bdb3d0b19591fc3e5a67e1d4f853