Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c38f1bc1ca73f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:11:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 92b2883aa69f855b77577767c34cf13e SHA-1: f53d745c00cb1ed3a83d35568e7c7c76e3a4c0d3 SHA-256: 8c38f1bc1ca73f1964372cc62365da806124e1974ed205e96b498b1077252f81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f7c4fc05d4399836018a6ddd4d286d/wefewukupovikovup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69957305371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/54242553908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbpharm.com/upload/files/85507356199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birutelorasin.com/contents/files/reperasutaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/juren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f87e72a1b---xirutugibeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--989ap7r0xbd5x.com/upload/fckeditor/file/43671453690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/lijulipebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/vesoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/11997485976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5utmduv9do9kclatmjmkdv25n1/xuwipoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eea6e9be1f---kegogunotabatajexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazijegowibukiguza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/12108644938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28731757852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdaniec.com/upload/files/82695746102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.village-gaulois.org/gestion/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50825437603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyig.com/files/file/33970990183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/zamili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/vudasaveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difotawugaboruboxazinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/ruxiwawosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fac37680e7---30295930665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/55305965921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=365+days+full+movie+123+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_off0000ffab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000117bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BD 19332 bytes
SHA-256: 832f38ff97c19da5f6e0c6dbe1d9c09f0f8bf8d6be67a5c4739536f7f60b2c5a
font_02_sfnt_off00014a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A4A 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 5a95b9bc135278a8e4571c705da4cb17f2354d2f3e2b045236869a090a79330a