Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6fb56074baf345…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:15:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e3a9cf80324e7e18da4f7ec9f9c8c7c5 SHA-1: 026e599a1e19ffa3a28c1cb0bcdce0ad5c6d5c02 SHA-256: 8c6fb56074baf3451ecb0a62db998b99b8cfd744f83a05c308e63ebb38759f4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or distribute payloads across multiple sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+paltalk+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/zexiropegufirovudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iro93q1cm7ufiihibc1g91g8e5/49070648932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stisk.com/file/xopowedifuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/10519642446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/dagebudiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/vuzinifomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109070428017775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramps.org/userfiles/file/seputupofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/vesonomejezuwajafan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yidaig.com/uploadfile/file/20210908230304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/81426236052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336d5e081c4---94553624437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yoimart.com/upload/file/20210912222830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140346975ecb---33927730959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/87759871894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2mou8bvn6j3mh7j4qdprngg22/60031504679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkp.ru/upload/global/file/xakugozuwimoratowipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/8009579096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/jabefetomigotowitebitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2928097707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/97089771396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatex.ua/images/uploads/file/77216779494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62176863256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446e7d033e464501cbe103a51748ca44/viborimumimuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/fojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/givima.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_off0000e5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD0 10392 bytes
SHA-256: d2a25b9b25cc9f73e974e7c8e17688ff79e843862dbf63009108f6ca8ebc5f87
font_02_sfnt_off0001155a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155A 18160 bytes
SHA-256: 617b653785ce445a47dee7cb69a1f83fa4f5b68714ed4efa3cf9c132744d7e89