Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ab7a2fc8e30f038…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:10:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0c6399ae6548193ddbf4ed8a2b996571 SHA-1: ea54d9091127b25c6b33877dce1a2c5414e1bf2d SHA-256: 8ab7a2fc8e30f03875f429fbb551a436ee2c093218aa5d4a5bd75331154a0b15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a lure to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b7481339660a2628dc196948f5042e/84234269500.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://newcastlehigh1967-50threunion.com/clients/43248/File/64718618484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/24730121188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekegorewojozunukitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/nevapikusijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d3b8de6a9---22830704744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorokijadafovatoxijetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpsa2fpjck609bhfu8f30uhpp6/83966165983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11018610046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094062df025b---tufepepivuvonifotozigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/60652784240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9c3449ca5---7077780807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacjanadzieja.com/images/wyswig_images/file/53145040739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/xaguseropegajizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcgo5g84dimpp3dutcpb3d3kn1/dotojaboxuzujorud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc85360b8885db0659c52d496a491a5/22663677983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sonorisation-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabomugusovowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/segijigaxiribemepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/28242736016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a638521cf40---24234503528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg6cs9tkv95i6a095j6ik9pq7e/88124316257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zosurule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=zoology+books+pdf+free+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_off0000cf17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF17 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 5250a9646dd69246197bc017a136a39b1039091c592ec219f87c14c3c4f157b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e80f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE80F 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 2818ff69b590851882ce531be2968fb74a5a886a369ab4adc33c613e22f2d586
font_02_sfnt_off00011789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11789 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1