Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8507235b2a44018e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:59:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 76d44a50d962c3281fe2ce64b00930b4 SHA-1: 92d0f2c284a3a696e4b78673325547d2216fd24a SHA-256: 8507235b2a44018e1851731b32d19b766354a085becb4e1bd434b73ea88394ad
156 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 high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites, leveraging a common tactic for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dead+or+alive+m
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/tusurojaxototuv.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9703c44153---20024352140.pdf
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7618a03123efffdbb2832c6dff82c007/5859190751.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd644f72b9e---34874266887.pdf
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/91308299349.pdf
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78b9332trdjtd871qjkvianpeu/15276757110.pdf
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85cde45525d8324fa5b11b8d7649f4b5/83519462468.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7518673b35---tokenixinolozixug.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771e3f156e2---kulofagusitafivaki.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp76fbrdhap8selaf8qfh4nvmb/9427385582.pdf
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///vivawaxeg.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607449b3e7a3e---gilivog.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlkmpuof76r9ec0dl0tq3v1re9/71411427383.pdf
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/taludamavanogodozubupaf.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1c6ff2ab38fe937e6c58214f0a22c16/mizagigivibusenunuxam.pdf
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/pukipexugowive.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c4e97c1c6a55d4e22b3a32f2dba349/nivakipuxewaporax.pdf
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/19667575292.pdf
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/95983699936.pdf
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/jalekofulagavupelodasan.pdf
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwuje.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00017436.bin
02d01619e496a0c85b68c52e0af9105c705f45d83bf8cba1ec6204b68b18a78c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17436 18820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001a5a9.bin
cc1a7c4132c06f4d93546b02fb09b7ef278715ddf823cc3cdc137389cbf08b73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A5A9 10108 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001bc20.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC20 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001d42d.bin
981e55fb0a8ee9411254007d83b6c8328a09287a19684841b47f18d8ee17603a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D42D 2464 bytes