Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a637837b4a4523d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-10-06 04:28:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 3b23c8ed6693850f8c8e95ecd6bfb5ff SHA-1: 046ab0e21d373c5515036d3120f3a810b571011c SHA-256: 8a637837b4a4523d95543e4a03c8b431a0afec2f9484aa186a32ccd7181285c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm within a PDF to direct users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fuvidiloneruwutubedol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613976d96a8f6---61316474757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/budot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finara-v.com/file_media/file_image/file/bokelebipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/81809713675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44009350387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b86eb0c7c5---89972567148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/63027063337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprostredkovanieuverov.sk/res/file/werufijetidibofubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/kubagawevuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/setepesevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70b1b71978b1155cdd984f222fd7621/83133180379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0p8cgs5tfc74tivhugufk3tqj4/lixonavivijijusetizuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/xoregitobozudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/tizevobenixasulepapoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagodilovaspark.hu/userfiles/file/filewatumotosaxarujilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spirit-legend-enterprises.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/95335164771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/jofewizapoxalegotejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f3ff37427c---24099671984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents/files/dopixovazegugolovab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/16939188461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/wiruvujotabezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zapatosperezcabrera.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93600180138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/nexenutugawubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+hci+human+computer+interactionPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/86593047165.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_off0000f83e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83E 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 2dff521d751044b1e90db698c4e4c887d6e21fb58af92f327367fd7e7d6c1d8b
font_01_sfnt_off000129af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000141c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141C6 10688 bytes
SHA-256: ca6f4c54adebbccfcdb7d3167ab08643ae81fe64dac3163fba5cb96c00b481dc