Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8858acfaaa843af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-26 01:47:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4ed9e18293b454b3423fae154f2420b9 SHA-1: 56e082927133765caa66ff5b74d8c72661ecefa4 SHA-256: 8858acfaaa843af1fd913fbf215320dfe24ad53f2c65ef48aede675a0bce2116
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to various external websites. Several of these URLs point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=birthday+wishes+for+girl+gif PDF link annotation
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/zuwetevefiwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/wakepasuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c6ce8a4d2---wurugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopevifesatujizijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/perixagejosesisefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0863afbfe0f5c1a892ac2990447eab7/21094570653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607801685ac73---48907906483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9594d3759970500f5934bd109959f80e/59557931952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_B8AE9E9E885C3F9D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/bodura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/67630836981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd99649f8670f185911432eab531c56/51642630615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9790a9ae88d932a8f4d7e2d6eeda72/nezojukazelinutedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_B2115E597B608F54.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/jiwagatokamalizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7085b70caba327d31892dca084209cd8/gulewevove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinebuwukunudufigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099eb9b50c79---25112835946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2164a9940---nigigufupomelurolupesurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/bededuforiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/22214939501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e480b292f7---65767258024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs15u9rtmoprjb4fl1l49svmp6/94185127895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/75251649141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD9B 10780 bytes
SHA-256: aaae531f0047b31cc88ff1236820bd1ee61b9554c0750576608b7446f1a0d20d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF674 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E86 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 5abbb74a99d661eda011e3187b9f915ea47ecee95a5bb027c5173a66c8d314b1