Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b1cd3dd4419571e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:26:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f78a3b716acbddbb02b24f1e106739e SHA-1: 4590958545255a070fa8263549df67bddaf36ea9 SHA-256: 8b1cd3dd4419571ea7aa181571a2543f0453bf064b6a9751e1db7737509b1acf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or phishing. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1+cubic+foot+to+gallon PDF link annotation
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/26018389673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berrybucs1973.com/clients/3/3a/3a2d6910be1067feaf6dc79f90d505e0/File/gidavusifisixebobewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxelikonugupovabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ub41c44ume7unjv3qhk4re8oo/18850163618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhbiotech.com/CKEdit/upload/files/ranewodadoxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents//files/31669131814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgcpguc8rv41ut369vjp460mle/pitidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topaslt.com/userfiles/file/8727377807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021051522237_1046073841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n779lsfnhh4brqn680shda60j4/pawabavalepirurudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607152a43d4c8---82257929623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f50fe5ad851---todotijiluriburasidam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/86037004267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a65326d38---84335729077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/34658027328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/pomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maychieuvinh.vn/upload/files/dofawisizomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/76365321399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b985e5748c5d803c74df20392472321/37363748752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103155b92427---58148274675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6judompgafa3dsi0jrhlqrh71/videsaparakevotudinakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/922872aaf22aa88bda19000f53cd843a/nesunajupukuwabipixomido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50e8609e94---wotowafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cd9aeaa17---55074614638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/zezesipalopirosesolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adff362b409---zokun.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_off0000e8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10100 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 5e3d94b3964cbf852100de93cd995c0d8618dc342c24b4251fba7c2034588de6
font_02_sfnt_off00011859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11859 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 5f0d6cde21afa2cd10bf15b837fe4857d8ea2015942148967a06c2e3fd7fc3ce