Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8715467d47756d6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0105d6e0fa6b71507d4c91c70f94e551 SHA-1: 1f276b91441030379baba568d3d69398329421b6 SHA-256: 8715467d47756d6b4fdc021527e0dbc6a707622b12e2c8a05e34be5e1c8f3a0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of 'metasploit payload for android' in one URL indicates a potential for distributing malware or facilitating phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f1b05fc983fd195356684f888d15f2/71188774821.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/3279654621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5f922b78bee626c6720d1dc0985efc/22654273338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/47778178369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/10219534613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asavn.vn/uploads/userfiles/files/wopunijewunamebodazapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gujagimefijogewufuselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142c6ea94e51---82194830596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filutaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovecollection.com/royal/admin/images/products/file/54372325380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/36516089538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/vawitedigekazusuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613647984a0e4---86013888214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/filid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nedimgame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/vafiwebikajusagixabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljsmelt.com/upload/files/wokufigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/sibasosogewavugule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kclandscapes.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/53122433445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/wivovumuwolakutusinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/84306257346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajozirelowijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/83046205718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44182566505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents/files/xokizutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaiger.ru/img/file/rikewapobujupivodupixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/gimoduweruwesutiwede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=metasploit+payload+for+androidPDF 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_off0000cf3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF3E 16344 bytes
SHA-256: f4ed6a3c3d729d272de2d25cf4643acc204356d3abff2857059834374061b8c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 6d389ebf6d8d78305625777f0e710a2ecd163b8744cc6d59202da5bad81da2eb
font_02_sfnt_off000111c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1