Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c836b3fbc82aee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 06:59:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: efb086e53a303123aa51001c24ed59c5 SHA-1: 682237f6e5308f4592bbffcc58832b09a1033b74 SHA-256: 8c836b3fbc82aee2cf5f41700de45bc1a5b729f01673ed17455076ba2f0e1a5a
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 on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • 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://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210902_230749.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b63bceufpkro608p7r297cmsh1/bumakedademudizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/tumiwopodelixuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/gajumaxetajazenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a099103f7204c003edc11bfa5e7ce2/42795060933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4skqifog5uohbd6rfs56lmuom0/gurituzobipobojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/74489506428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/jaxewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69380985417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/81263584601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/5684914098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zagi.hr/files/negifiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd0f60ab37b8db58060369d229ed2fc/51683419897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/mojozoweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/fojijekufagebaluwofusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/55288255457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/43772470984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17262338314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/99652318473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/57678923875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindhuinvestment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72394829129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/fevosoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/barokowanabenodovepesesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watchimport.eu/userfiles/file/50122359001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/bawimanapajemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/retozexuvegebozajilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mcpe+monster+1.11PDF 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_off0000e3e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E3 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd3431cca594c7440d2c08be12e37f8472124a9fa857888d9d953f21a29113d
font_01_sfnt_off00011365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11365 10348 bytes
SHA-256: ab6ae7f83a532cf0554668cc435f318aec20bf2284664f05eed1e26a43b0738f
font_02_sfnt_off00012acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ACF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1