Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8822bd0db0a60250…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b2fe3d97571f41a81abbb11cc0dda85 SHA-1: b40ef3de0ba944e9d024e304f778b51bc1efe923 SHA-256: 8822bd0db0a602507cd7d5e75da3b211a1597d269d9e3b752083f02dfa56f846
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=redes+computacionales+pdf
    • http://antropolog.ru/userfiles/file/futuxilabiwis.pdf
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb82e5309504539b9233854152f2faa3/45536224506.pdf
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f69f46fb849977cb216d1b49f765c89/renofinarazibakomowomewo.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144438a3f039---71667841747.pdf
    • http://xn--2osv9pt2jfpt.com/uploadfiles/files/fonumogotozikiwixomavegej.pdf
    • https://newfrio.com/userfiles/files/78887060437.pdf
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafujisigepeminoj.pdf
    • http://okudshava.ru/userfiles/file/99515138945.pdf
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/20652981143.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440f1de4f95---lutivukatuper.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a64bee46d---lezatumoko.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d22d28340aa8aa80044602609a956d9/sitojimanumokomezaxexal.pdf
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/lafigazigulibaliwug.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392f805bb97---56385677042.pdf
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/23376408931.pdf
    • http://karcannakliyat.com/userfiles/file/bebozipejenegiteromu.pdf
    • http://prabashproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamozawarewogobapofobil.pdf
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/wasemuxi.pdf
    • http://yourhandmadeitems.com/userfiles/file/wejefoxixag.pdf
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/segug.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eefaaa2ce77d24c2ca266fc7a500f3e/89629835529.pdf
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210906195905.pdf
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/51814598836.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3af9cfa063a92af7d9f1b8ca1e32e96f/tatif.pdf
    • http://viral-list-monster.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/44915833311.pdf
    • 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_off0000cf46.bin
762d1ba30a0ff2a88d8985992b80d815a1e30cd7fe89ec4b308a7c61ac331cb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF46 19272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010016.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10016 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001182d.bin
a8593893aa8e5f19901acfbb66c86c0e0bb7fafd1f97555a83a0147630c12220
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1182D 10824 bytes