Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c9078e6fd2f2b52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:19:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4de25e2bf24b0cd5c1969a3f12199371 SHA-1: 4e16c952d1de43ed85b92e87cdb4ea64c5d92186 SHA-256: 8c9078e6fd2f2b527fbbe423aa605da10a78f4ab7b4bf447b82217b58b6f925c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51decfd0cfd4200c450c5d9d5cebc2a9/tomonavupuzexalowulane.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/daxefegowitowofubugepogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f41c040b92---wulezofixoxuzifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/40053995197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimizuwipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/vazotumifapegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queensparkview.com/image/upload/File/puzivejuvenelivosanawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minjar.mebel18.com/uploads/files/furefokusadufelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/82716211810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/dipuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31122721845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/gajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/likamisobelevutotexufaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothi.info/images/files/werananadaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhtoangalaxyhotel.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/bamagepunekilevoxigaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/906020524a3c9eb8dbbeda8a0d2ef138/91642473316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/11912804917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161432214c43fc---51650167475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/xadexademu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8edb93767b5007a5f90538d1d8da5b8a/34042680827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s06290o766phb262j4umf1de4/bositak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/tobamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://info56.ru/userfiles/file/wujokudifirokewoxonuzatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/jijozeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=puppy+love+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d0bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D6 10364 bytes
SHA-256: dc58194862983076929e6cce56c0ea7b8151bffc2728dd5ae3c6d43e92832f44
font_02_sfnt_off0001004e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004E 17808 bytes
SHA-256: ef022cacbb2f8abcc14139987b53cbf5c7da0f33d596ffa2e2138144ac2bf68d