Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb128a678ffcab4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 01:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e9f891719d1e4b80b9f6fdeb5cedb338 SHA-1: 89775894078d97ba810d3b58cf5aa87afe0364cf SHA-256: 8cb128a678ffcab40f3bf8c36758c8a2eeb906d4cc02959041bec02842292a66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=agriculture+current+affairs PDF link annotation
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72287453033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d89d575484f---70000662847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebebb547d2---18911571517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagazadizebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/92251049939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04bad304fc---faturawonideriluxupuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/25189512878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/81946496154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/11807172324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/7069524373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26603a153cc739f47fabae0a59c2376b/256345568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608987e0eaeff---35617980149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2d9c8a980---xajepuxibimanusobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4eb81eb9b---temowewigadufurejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad92734bd78d15886804c47742f19c50/lawuvivipurupokedavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc07f09084ea8e6530de91e72545236e/pagonupoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081815912b92---84820768337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/338e8ff2da0dda90e64b6111b2eacb48/kujugiwibide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2fu9tkkc2f5p0vhitdaiisis4/rivewedunebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/31246689320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162985d4bcb---savubunakuwekalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/sipawefasegomuninuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/jugonuxujirok.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_off0000ee35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE35 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 8ce5e5aff6955b36e1ceca071376eebf50770c06111eaf7bf4ee33e66bd841af
font_01_sfnt_off00011bf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13410 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 5001101dee869ede77696cda0cbd83a16ce0e1a08883936cf5a559552ccdae0a