Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c23b51667f4896e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-29 14:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: df20564850cb498c82b789bd9df22bed SHA-1: 5b297cd5453781befaea81b2f357748f102237ae SHA-256: 8c23b51667f4896eb6e4a0a8957f60a99bc76a3a256ba041102b9e383d90045d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_URI and EMBEDDED_URL heuristics further supports the attack pattern of directing users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scout+guide+to+the+zombie+apocalypse+part+2+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/13734170845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a2fec7c17---24680728042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigzagontwerp.nl/sites/default/files/file/86156541119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72a36c5359---xawalunebibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/wawanuvasajabepaduzalador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/33623114951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gidep2ndj89206rpeca4j5ehqc/geduvugevalidizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6646ism8hkvprqcv8ru7dj0u2/fojanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/40012969162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/84979287223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607659e029d9c---kukanodiderenimemefimuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe8ql30tlmo31181b6a5438d2/tovabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15e7ad7f926c3cd65f03af6045839aa7/sunikedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7090c87ecb---91575866151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9ef1158a9---zeluzodusowexojugibixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da555ccfeba---ruvetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitk.ru/_files/dubebozizorubugurudizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/29569278916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be5e3ae5df---28586745137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/98978831629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqhv7n2jmdkllkghm4n7sgf184/mabivuvituwejojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezelesukuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/xupamane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922a567a123---69090705055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/56082943276.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_off00010554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10554 11640 bytes
SHA-256: 25c4f8b31a5534ff409387d9f457ec3792d5326860459bc307fd12b81014a876
font_01_sfnt_off000120bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138CD 17152 bytes
SHA-256: d1c4683160a90725b440036e607e21824a7fe06835adfd359ee078b5aa1f4a80