Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8868585b95676fa2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:11:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 11935d376b8d2b9bc71029d14a9ceb88 SHA-1: d299a280528c0e6df3eca52c768964eab4da20c6 SHA-256: 8868585b95676fa2ebe710bd92f685e0fcb888026b178cf38ff7921a61fe1d04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm strategy, with many URLs pointing to external resources, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/92997298433.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0dc50d42c838501558612b7a2ed27e/bevonuvaludobiwofudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49da79258f532c418fde10c524679dfc/xosukovikilopezekewega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/43948105726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/30583237800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/laxukaxajubevavogepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14937c579ae0368950aa1263697e3332/57366630480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210805_C8B5108CD861CE8D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210808102227_1225826797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/41524787143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d62aefe89---84406800095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e65458bb1dec874f02db1fbb470d4c66/vonimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkn4q586ljao59ovdg3qc8540e/duwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/sukajuvifuvufogoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deeringbayrealestate.com/userfiles/files/57732479817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7dijagfams1oph0e40l4eqi62/69071028371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210609114941_n5efjz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac0a003b4303af198c40f7f3cb3cf052/15635905345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021073020210573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1482c9b5999bff96a56cd311a4c561ac/68467685313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3e3d75e7fc---46173277639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/nezosejowowuvojanilokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pc+exam+result+2019+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e4b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B8 20812 bytes
SHA-256: 39324f8ccc86a6a2af9b2ea2cc239278a4f4b7095e11e53a6567bba941f26abe
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA6 11440 bytes
SHA-256: c9de87369b133c7f7d3e31b741f06fdf8a97a4af46229099010735e366bfc3e3
font_02_sfnt_off000136dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1