Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8938928f9b5f548b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 03:42:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ba055a8540819f6005ad12ac5498be4 SHA-1: 5e5ae5ccc730271ccee2c17f9a4b54a91546657f SHA-256: 8938928f9b5f548baec313ce5d3cea70a9239d001aae412590ad65881d21b89e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/pirijurol.pdf
    • http://sdtr.mdrap.ro/fckeditor/uploads/file/76752349150.pdf
    • http://longruiglass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210917_135949.pdf
    • http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210921112648.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5da8b0a14aa373e6aa258df6ac0e7bed/33608763209.pdf
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/xanakojofarijijon.pdf
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924072218835775.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7djjq2f64jhtc9fgb1b37q34b1/tuzudejiju.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161459cc3a1ed7---71207355477.pdf
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/96713848618.pdf
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/gibuzugonogutitizokuwo.pdf
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/movetumikaxetivemimuja.pdf
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/46668758821.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a7e0572e7---93794146.pdf
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/55669785051.pdf
    • http://bikaji.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18524931192.pdf
    • http://xn--80aguejfegacgj0ad.xn--p1ai/pict/file/loxopoxodakavetinibedepak.pdf
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robodabopizekeguxiterud.pdf
    • http://integrotech.eu/zdjecia/file/83433570830.pdf
    • http://mobitransjogja.com/files/sameno.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f911d8afb---nikamojegesi.pdf
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210907130007.pdf
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_0E8E1CBB6156968C.pdf
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/bubupilikafomagipesupev.pdf
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesofalosemexomukixa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=bengali+gk+question+and+answer+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_off0000b625.bin
8a47cad9c6812960c81fbac8e1e68b96bc6ba18cfaa5ca20083760279cb4e0ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB625 17160 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e28e.bin
069ff5d23637c29b1e938ac7f7374a284b67339f91140f6e18d94bbc36e01c75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE28E 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc4f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4F 16792 bytes