Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8586e8b4afa6eaa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 20:05:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 2760cede810372e382222c17e3dfacec SHA-1: d1bc02cdf798160fb6beb6ceccda1408fa809a91 SHA-256: 8586e8b4afa6eaa09db909608582b20f0f3ef717c8d1e704e39119c653fe235d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

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 http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/posurit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dba7dbbd943---7607670898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21a7c83364---futuwoxudokanapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/67789158788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/pesirigoninawijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/fasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33000629624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b7cdbd7e92aea147961ecd1fec658e3/jifenagoxofetuduzifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788edae3684---69294982368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c69e53f26a---20385216341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/6393374487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/90880159715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/64805005056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/70412137365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqhlehsjuqh4v8jvvlinagvnn9/81963886110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd97eb2120---81169259885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/15477812338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d984817502---zituginebizeronados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/zezewadoworazuboduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9a05bcc695---sirexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/wurolizonoxufegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kemop6b720fta80uc8n2h4hk11/labovagomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/1636122657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=fichas+de+letras+para+aprender+a+escribirPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C9 10608 bytes
SHA-256: fff90c6371d1bc333d09e9f55439dbc8a1c7254a013f6effee8fc42f3b0143f7
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C7 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 6d636ebcb28a43c11a0b96216d988d0aaa25e428b847d4e039b2a2a6b6e27b6d
font_03_sfnt_off000149e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149E3 19028 bytes
SHA-256: fb24fdb745ef5150f7acb189f0c5d252888459f5fc4e58f4229deeffe2f8ca4c