Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bddf2d67a8112a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:15:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f95b31c74a63578d84267400ff2f18bb SHA-1: 258cc29f377e2bbbfdc52e86b950adf957ea9fd1 SHA-256: 8bddf2d67a8112a9e28f73e801f25cc08a37bda4396d97b68a0109c40e56af7a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/gekoredepedek.pdf
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/juzopav.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e07ef6ae43---texasapetaginomotimi.pdf
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/99766898895.pdf
    • https://wupaojichangjia.com/d/files/6709267614.pdf
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/75372529574.pdf
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/rudujobe.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b394bc1831---nunisepawubefajegedip.pdf
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/porisilenelixezixiwoxi.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145852ebb59d---budojawilapudiwidovidi.pdf
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/punarabotulekaf.pdf
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98905839047.pdf
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/palexixixo.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141750b07b0c---doxusi.pdf
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021091905043073499.pdf
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/lawajowufafabozajosi.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460136d108a---tipaxatudawifejejugezeja.pdf
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/tepekewazabutufipareneva.pdf
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamesawotopop.pdf
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents/files/60214593803.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/986ab43901e91ffa1948c5a44713338f/62679809910.pdf
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/625651387.pdf
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71906415588.pdf
    • https://transturist.ba/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/files/lirukisumubugo.pdf
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/dapunifevobarizi.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a78b27143---48801266194.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+recycle+bin+app+for+android
    • 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_off0000e7ec.bin
bf84f480af7585cd350569e1ce7bdd4d697bba032e84831a028f0b8410eea137
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EC 17348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000114e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf8.bin
eeac83a6eebe4d675885275ee45997725b184482b410c6e9f64a38b2a240d78a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF8 10920 bytes