Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8694300154e3ecfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 14:34:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c5e221e3eee9341be091eacb610b9137 SHA-1: bbd2d24d6525d7ca9258df05d1c1cb14d1dded38 SHA-256: 8694300154e3ecfb66f905f146ff5e0236d63af2355291867642dfd7e03aceff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary attack vector is the embedded link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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 https://sapsda.org/SapmaUserfiles/file/tepivekalomano.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419e6f5106e---33133869462.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bb98e1556b---sidesawanabufubuvipeji.pdf
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/15524982732.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dc151f71054b25b79b78d7fbe4780d2/97296226951.pdf
    • https://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21346675286.pdf
    • https://agriplan-rs.com/dados/ckfinder/files/34650214774.pdf
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/lolojorebep.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143def97fb09---pipikagezotumediferiza.pdf
    • https://zlataraburmevuckovic.com/files/gazupofurapokanudopunaz.pdf
    • http://xn--76-6kca8aqc6c.xn--p1ai/pic/userfile/mibuf.pdf
    • https://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/56224558714.pdf
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/95077324608.pdf
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/27779891712.pdf
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/96567738952.pdf
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/9415848282.pdf
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021092011294273499.pdf
    • https://reformedgeneration.com/userfiles/file/ponowaperagizofoxaz.pdf
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19099775571.pdf
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53671734454.pdf
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/6333599003.pdf
    • http://hiniceshine.com/upload/15327588592.pdf
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/18486516389.pdf
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/65692706226.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8jie02p1nesgspk6k31elkc80/61035926403.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614747106c54e---sefatilatejizude.pdf
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupijaribukavibumala.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=kandasamys+the+wedding+online+free
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b42a.bin
e73afcb241d064e89bf9b74b36124a7f8636842fcd6d111d2fef966599dd8ce8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB42A 14940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da0e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f225.bin
464aae825155223cb587a7043fc7904dfa9fba68f9762c3f8d6ea8cd425af621
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF225 10992 bytes