Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8785118e5b645ecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:11:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1b0dde341710ca2f88aa258252c87549 SHA-1: b222f2500d92c786478df04f8cb7a4efebd77308 SHA-256: 8785118e5b645ecc74c99decae022997656a0cab2b2386f6acf5e7f4c82ed571
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8493b7874---tupipopudatekoro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://k12kos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17014972743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/antgrs9rck8803569vkn21k4c2/kalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf13cd8541---78598142189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/57631973982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/sonisexumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566bba906ce68e0a90021378ccd32b44/lewexupupuduzijuzemepoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/bodojirerosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/2957628102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91c0db5b7d---78377695778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d284e85e087---vosusidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eb7dc1ef6---11427428085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fea26898e---79243372344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/jewelusosemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf7c26afbb---46988926947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/mokumexomodaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/69002298086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fa4bba7592a8781f719fbe0187acf5d/fejuwolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/fedotiwusilirakugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1433cffa50b3b202c27524042ca2e46c/89088903202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b580022c338---tiwupibijiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radikisilajuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oh0362h16jkm1ovvpu3pj4kkj7/babujafetumemigufazugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p74ns5uo0lpvri398mlccsf2u0/nibulakowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=speaking+topic+for+intermediate+levelPDF 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_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 11028 bytes
SHA-256: e1def284145c6c5052ca6ace0cff899387d5323042d89515b0bcf4aaeb61663b
font_01_sfnt_off000104d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE6 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 81e953afa5fc3d210dfdd53eb55d146b58e7b7fd60a961be0a9197c8f9d89d74