Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8556c1f00cbe4d5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 08:44:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 43c6f9bc0c635d94c58e30ca70d149e8 SHA-1: 5585eea54c1deb1d3bb5750b115733e8091d2345 SHA-256: 8556c1f00cbe4d5e6e8d233df5a7c5daa899a08193f52f315b8726cd8f3f679b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, and a specific URL suggesting a lure for 'aimbot for csgo free'. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further payloads. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aimbot+for+csgo+free PDF link annotation
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/40900137005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/bisakuvoxura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/lerudofawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/94385781048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ur7l1075mpla3d73k7aigdeldm/pakosupunifoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a42bce7141353a69228555f49993564/rukaxesomarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf92cbd901b---vofifavilugupebobagemifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/suzavutetipefuwebofuzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbea5665ed5---59688745189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec9f57990d5657337a249152d71162d8/lujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67540831a2---80553198564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfb23e37ca9e47d14b5bb8103401a64/puwizalutetan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/48852267907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/66315588775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/56759332002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80a16449497930f667d90079d76db582/46541259579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c406ac75b---43448683254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/fadupemiruninag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5cdfac4d3---18395148106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/762074007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/numufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0142765263b2c2ac4866d9a64c5e3ce/taxefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e0a495dca0a4a05d584d5ac468f992/83667675853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/muzorazelejuzifaxop.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_off0000eb3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3D 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb5ac8c5a4b491d8db7fe5db5493ef0af1c8aab07dcfcb4371e2918866ad4b1
font_01_sfnt_off00011734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11734 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd3922149c98cf5e0f65d53dc19f3faa5baec2dc198fee0ccf235b988717888
font_02_sfnt_off00012f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1