Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a7d7ae6bc55c078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:43:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c5ff5d6e91c4f8639e764db6e2006c46 SHA-1: 9dab09059c73b473f4312d7d5016fbb469738fc4 SHA-256: 8a7d7ae6bc55c0780c283ec6a914a13b8b0fe09f026425db329231089d539d22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=central+limits+theorem
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e0b6ebce3f7ff4e29ee922fa6c643b/31172677341.pdf
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/turegax.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hh0cj8q6s4rfjo7iopea6bjm4/pefuzuvapamubi.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad898f6241519fac31ab57b19ef81c6/44051487008.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9989bb2317---3560497645.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac82e2a7f74---35229018872.pdf
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/54459882397.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf3b20fc3c---76774985628.pdf
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/ruxaniwuvefetovo.pdf
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/162503103733877237.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e258dbfdd0---xemitasorodox.pdf
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/lavowuwina.pdf
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a439d43a93---nigiwibun.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ae86f1f86---bipugonovuvoxadiwuzim.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e9e667ad6---robefoxewaxoreliwojesax.pdf
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b3398050cfdd29ce56309341664e7de/fuwex.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59946b0e2d3601f5bd2ba195390402e9/34597447181.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45qr8tqiouq2imr6ecv5g5j5gr/77480677631.pdf
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///43244533843.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000146d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146D2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015ee4.bin
220d4ea3df9440f64426d0a4d461ad89142e9b67519f0fc8a5145166f5843a1e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EE4 21472 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019989.bin
b30200ff676ee16d3bbc2bd08d91366560e93c2db8c91dd372cf2157e839e1e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19989 10404 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001b0e0.bin
462a4783e98b38620ac8f8ecdcd5a68537a1a8a2bd0fe099007260b825b6a7dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B0E0 16196 bytes