Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84c8b980cca46273…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c5b627e04532e670475c29645999f956 SHA-1: 4e87a8b4f0d8439921ba582c9696f2c28c3bae12 SHA-256: 84c8b980cca462733cd0653b158ae5ce8f4ef85c50f3ebdd2a8a52d5000077b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs and is structured as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of a 'Download' button lure further suggests a malicious intent to trick users into clicking links that likely lead to malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yes+tube+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozasamefesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/46960464443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifutaxutasirewulopibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starroadchina.com/userfiles/file/24808910316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/16667539113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/jubetenibitamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/88792054680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://my-hustle.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/49859207359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/22676514235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impulsa.mantareys.net/uploads/plantillas/files/fukivenerinamitanuraxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radioevangilereal.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xewodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chogmai.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipufugumukukodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e80b54e24052e91932d53537d2de22/paxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48203142145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adec-interiors.net/Uploads/file/ramagitalilobivujuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaseguroseprevidencia.com/fotosempresa/files/94025096548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9b33a81f42d66ea530da7c585826e9/448543961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://membermimpi.com/contents/files/sufavifinakinuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://registermycompany.in/admin/userfiles/file/94815009913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/72311325483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57b6af00a4592296255bd1abc63b949/zitisadamunogiwugaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josquin-capella.de/download/93921074050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/vugutusegajugigarijupolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usa-ex.com/images/blog/file/sepipoxufivavepub.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_off0000e0d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D8 10096 bytes
SHA-256: 3d4464d9b8766f3e1477ebcff516c8420ca17dd72d7ae7164f4a32a221e83ccf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF752 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 8e73cf9fa1d8b3e9255e5be9f35a962e2efd5ade99fda2ac60454dde95c3fb9c
font_02_sfnt_off0001275a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1275A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1