Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b47c11ed1c3158a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:09:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3300869cccf2babea5d4dbd838884573 SHA-1: 888be35fbc4f043d260b7d72d30bbf673c979dcb SHA-256: 8b47c11ed1c3158a7dfa8ca7110e8a2c1d3a183287060997fa274acc8a0c1bf0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iso+11607+pdf+free+download
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/nawobupiwijunalozusixe.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6070342894---46308948786.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da26b3f2476296144bd870d8eba57824/70186861422.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087995f17750---dujufakitobutomanenox.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2359fb83e8---57485211519.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vo9t5fn6vdfedh4leubc3lrfvk/tajuxisipiparevelag.pdf
    • https://dineflon.com//files/4220206720.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02a5ba381f---45109662051.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f477887fb---disowedelufafukine.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5ed70be5b---73107303098.pdf
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/36893188876.pdf
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/91582067438.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f67eca4f95---ronejamajasan.pdf
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/rilozojakoboxedixuwofukeb.pdf
    • http://earthtalismanjewelry.com/clients/b/b2/b27d4d76c51cd35ccef873a204118430/File/82964831700.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767f884ad03---74169331083.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660a37b377322adaf612e57c30169731/xedexogigogupiwafuti.pdf
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/jokomemimamerofexokovaxok.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608657e25161c---voxawosudululun.pdf
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95816504968.pdf
    • https://cdmsig2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7140470554.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_off000112d8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012aea.bin
c9ff0d52d81b8bc11be8b6f6af67b90f4bd884aa309f1baec9cb4ab276e8de9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEA 17828 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015924.bin
abf6021572a2c4755d0871b85168d759be363c5fd402543b3f4c0dc642303e0d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15924 10732 bytes