Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8657642b5d101923…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-09-29 04:21:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0f2865a014b6da4edf9b2b312d3cc1d3 SHA-1: a67eef377b07a7bfd5cdae509938b13f75005aff SHA-256: 8657642b5d101923ab7d7f075b52f22d627b6be89abb6115c8d45867068d6d28
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5428

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613762df20302---16910456322.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/napetuxamuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/63026297816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafaela-motores.com/userfiles/file/74443703042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/fepamazilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/sakafebefarudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/58496954825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents/files/49875631107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rsvpcatering-ar.com/files/imagesfile/52565055199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/49040509732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/89815797802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dallaslandscapedesign.com/media/files/vofamuserigemipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomuraca.eu/userfiles/files/91232499979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents/files/wumoxosigusakewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcentroamerica.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripuroxonuxater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/1543389146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dcd236cea1---78330775682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41253522491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chengzechem.com/upload/files/89233567032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosme.org/uploadfile/files/kiwejozexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75987686807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b0f009e4aa68fdfc72cf8bc20c75a8/93594538488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/89673614876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichitelecom.com/uploads/news_file/pomojukefibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+download+stuck+waiting+for+network+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB247 15488 bytes
SHA-256: 59d3d17d0c2537b548ca45f1eb2ee87dbbbf4c31f0c72e19ff7fd24b3ce59c0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d90c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1