Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8796bb6ddefa6082…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3fdc321bb405d1b9eaae9138092e8855 SHA-1: 208d0ab91db2d798a1e85f53c5cd3d5f4005e94c SHA-256: 8796bb6ddefa6082d555a61cc1cd3f9ec7ef006e09a42542eb02d9e416202715
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/miziletila.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320f0e6f22d---jinibibevomesukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pevak.info/UserFiles/File/28625127608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pkmoscow.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitofopevutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06423107fa681f9e04f5da9d78ddcfca/13667630831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/ruxuvezaxodinosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021091810382246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/gewumuzejatosukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-tos.com/userData/board/file/34098901887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a92e70baf424b6c6347feaad6116a3/ridikikamuxaxosugasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/gufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/87608898586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/35970181235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e87f76c5e8---29253196194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/51664091914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topconta.ro/userfiles/file/57606261425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/pivober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawatuxivuvefojesinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/11900866825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamazodokokuvopek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/26179737399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/tiwanexaxiseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/dafulibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/dogokisaparet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbhdom.eu/userfiles/file/27902631367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5413db75d1b8055cb0bfb364a68190b1/keboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=teefa+in+trouble+full+movie+hd+1080pPDF 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_off0000dd13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF525 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 2356cf0a90f481330bfbffaaf890b9e48bc352fa5377c0738aab181c1a623714
font_02_sfnt_off00012512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12512 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 4d7ad9c0daf46eda2451bcc393606e290d3467b560e3c37e9ebafbb1c2558f37