Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6661178e06b4b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:53:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a699fa7be1b9a79246ab101e93357808 SHA-1: 6d331e065732375dd43ea81a821a9e92615dff90 SHA-256: 8c6661178e06b4b8aaea268166cd0798c6d21a8f9258de68b3b3b7e657971263
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to external websites hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9824

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://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66903990800.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/guzatibuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/dajezejesikuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/towubizibutogosukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/gatuvifilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c515c6abbd4---34996308686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/jolenilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd55bae9f901b5282563c4f74fba0a41/nawimutevukarafebepudajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609159bd05f4d---13495119489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78955799585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/55764555086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/pipomotumupefisadasive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb4d5cafc0---nakezonigomigoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/25849135548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/21490897674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/jigiluwawaturovoxavifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/24468451237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/civ82j8ts4s5ujfsqofjvkhekd/62292896556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b142a0eaac4---vidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/48955438733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a7fb1022747b7ad40f51231dbd8843/35349905539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/tefetiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc417423eb---83318718843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56281977660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/nobejazugitebotilelakenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/wetonuwidazipekevugajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=chiropractic+%26+manual+therapies+journalPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC010 1820 bytes
SHA-256: ef4c56b83544acc0eae329b123dcb13384a4443b8ee25b6b011fcec9f25c534c
font_01_sfnt_off0000c89a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC89A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AC 19856 bytes
SHA-256: 2fcd43421f0accd1d3c865de8ee5aba5278f0acba25f61dda0aba3acacc3108e
font_03_sfnt_off000113e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E4 10048 bytes
SHA-256: 78757c30837addd86130a80a13d5908582318959b579e6b2c44c8a3e9ce14ca9