Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c75b8f293e6204e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-10-07 21:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 58f1f4b43043e70b5c3c06308c49c895 SHA-1: fc132f49c33e87d031fcc4e81178a3f359c7787a SHA-256: 8c75b8f293e6204e67dea68195bc7a941c7940bbc75577c33672b74ed9116987
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The structure points towards a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+contingency+perspective PDF link annotation
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16158184b9bb0d---metonatuxedabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/42606840358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeycontacts.com/uploades/userfiles/file/95406627503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pzhjintai.com/upload/files/golulofunobidezulixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spodne-pradlo-2bpoint.sk/UserFiles/File/butafojolaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b6f93d542a---puxenudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasebenumiduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/35881065993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/8463510606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80773287428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenepivedapafexexuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/fitezeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/66752528164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/nonutewobijabuvojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/risogobogedejugumimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefawopoxonakopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juthamasclinic.com/upload/finder/files/59876270693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/nevijire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/97892751515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/sigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobweb.janci.net/upload/files/ripuzubanitajote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tincorner.vn/uploads/files/44531646881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralodasokiselevosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibshospitals.com/userfiles/file/53190454761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359c48a0437---dixidapedujujenaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/92535785885.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_off0000c812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC812 10588 bytes
SHA-256: d04d6b3914ecd2b62ea0297c61948ac9d115c1841212d19267fc0753ef970bc4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e03f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03F 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 67bcaec7913cb6b3c9dbfa18e57bfeb4f84ac67cdb65c806de5145fc44c6d77c
font_02_sfnt_off00010d96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1