Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb425ab195034a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 06:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3e31f4cc518c680bcdc45ee624b4535f SHA-1: 9800703e2e5c3044839a71d29b2843be30247605 SHA-256: 8cb425ab195034a915361cd55ef89ad412cd3e44c942b3b9014e30934e37a148
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing phishing content or further malware stages. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/dibuvavosanomabinunebekeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/58854283100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16359043526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/3608109887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/78692422986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/temizosisizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609890066c2d8---xivesojuperavixobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/49900290122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/wibiwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86097479976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/23020556677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/zujimalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9qk1nuceisdbch77e0707tvd3/72883723449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/17868683736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/79552464219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17f508031260b8089bce0608b30d4aa/18564802150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/50416237185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706f5827890---17339461384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/23450557461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5d4a54e6d---goviwemovabopimazudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7d6ba7d25---13615429369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hdurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/darekudupidawarevura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/29713296317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b02af91140---58298071906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljith11jics50ped09h5vc1pl3/54513248523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/10921935439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+coins+and+diamonds+on+cooking+feverPDF 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_off00010052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10052 18440 bytes
SHA-256: cadf37df388110dc3e591ab6be816c5d1ff8581acee49fbcd38ffe99efe66236
font_01_sfnt_off0001314d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1314D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 5a8e8133f3f4a7fe896a3cbd0d5449b9bbdd8128eb89fe3f0e78278d76e8256d
font_02_sfnt_off00014ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1