Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8659117441271226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.9 KB Created: 2021-08-14 03:01:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6063781c7f77dc26d45ee082d86306df SHA-1: 761ff8cb9b4b93e4369ec76152de0db3e8d9b206 SHA-256: 8659117441271226459fe213bee1d0e25dbc27296960a427821cfd4039672253
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting domains, a common tactic for phishing and malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/48930124134.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1628365868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a7bf6ee18---7233168560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607760c214a42---31359563876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31a1286051b92e1d7f1cdfd9aac0e09/fugonivigomejazexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cd7b649ec---gibumewevunibizutaxepakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfc79007a2cf7323d6f1937b8caa4620/renokinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde8efcf55e7541f8b655dfc7ffbf59f/nexovawuzurenaxupogexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/rowozaxapujubupukogitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/turexozoludaxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/zetejapotaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redfordunion70.com/clients/869360/File/54658438672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa55d10f23---wudebevokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kmhoe5f7bhgrr7om8fr6qh0a1/69673949961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcasatenovo.it/userfiles/files/buvukugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9o4k8lv9k0qkd2ul2fca537jr2/kuteropituxawosejuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26d46ade7e4975b5ce120e9038a50239/retivuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/wubabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/29551159996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d0f2cff54f7ede384e646352f7bcbc/bidizefimovebukovebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/gowizowadofokajefemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/rozidevuvaxiwador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115203eda5c8---70918456375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=maryland+land+records+intake+sheet+addendumPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013b49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B49 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 61bae87d3760af512eaa69be7a55020dfcfb019e3965f5e3707a5afcef0c448d
font_01_sfnt_off00015466.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15466 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 8bf71631026e71fa18caf8baf147873b91df5ee9bd0a453094c7c9052caa359b
font_02_sfnt_off0001848d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1848D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1