Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c3bd207d242e615…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:02:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8353ddcc88197741f41c065f69ef54de SHA-1: d01456e0091ba1e1ccca1cf2255b52af8081409a SHA-256: 8c3bd207d242e615a8335196109a9938c2368931eb82f732d79bcd7cb987c2b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it likely contains an exploit. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+backup+your+phone+data+before+factory+reset PDF link annotation
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/pupisuvusikolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/8142857431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/verimagedewizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305cebbb049---zobivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikosoditilekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/nuxixapafulududorumazopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf7ff63cebf32228aee032494ecd113e/83933812442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f7c58f82f3c8d2cb1b2cfc4e2fa9d1/85267842225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/userfiles/files/mesoxadijefatojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69257199984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/7945078231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6123668808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/nikuxetesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/81496619753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/24730411903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/jadagupogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxakiwabadexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/kovobojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613885f96856d---92245148488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcubusinesssolutions.com/userfiles/file/23575816375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312ee4574ca---55065279546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/pokijemifikuzudezalogeb.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_off0000c47d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC47D 11104 bytes
SHA-256: ff730820b99227e46e19b477841cfc60ca3b558dd39176cd8591e2b40b69ad5c
font_01_sfnt_off0000de37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF649 17396 bytes
SHA-256: fff6a18fc0dc7433432d19440a360c828d4b9eedce97f9b98417cfb7d107e4e5

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