Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8666d7bf2a7e8792…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:03:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ebcc72f5d7919e98fc1a1c625eb3ee63 SHA-1: 3b5f3b31186b1ed35bd42511b858c033bccea800 SHA-256: 8666d7bf2a7e87925bdf9bdb3a3535e212951f5ce1f6a92f84d88ac2f5b7acc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The URLs are presented with a lure suggesting SAT math test answers, aiming to trick users into visiting these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9783

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebojujoxejejigezilufujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vln.nl/files/file/52204801222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/xuvepevabuwurewabuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/vivogagagigolezokumeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhang.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/72899826185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negixunumuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/49994171408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxuzezagefupofarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/vazubugugawapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/67188931385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/mexefozemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/pugozimiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0375bea22e8fa3a520d3a108c64c6bef/82882753485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/56930850096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/bikigelulemebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613960e771b24---23771938932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e201fee8e2---89641555524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/lewaxolabikejafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/xabekebasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/25932319848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75258254706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/xijelenogilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/nojupilevorapikate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/lukagiripubedokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/79300225557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/vidudifufolakesukelapade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=sat+math+test+pdf+with+answersPDF 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_off0000cccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCD 16632 bytes
SHA-256: e896d0c9c6509c93731645541c0836c845742b74f7fde2e8ff5e94baacc6a6a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e45a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE45A 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 591978deb144e23d2ff84b3674c31bbe76c8ac210aaae6507abf36a5c62967d1
font_02_sfnt_off0001103f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 1a404865d30411f6bf544f2e8c9606d90925c47086f12bc814071358b349b5cc
font_03_sfnt_off000128d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1