Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb561b42c2601e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:12:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d1eed457a14c827b15b9e3ac1165cf7c SHA-1: 8d8355215b243f20ac762f6768b264be14c7462e SHA-256: 8cb561b42c2601e4439035b67787768b47b8d3db445079dc04d777b8a9a861f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish for information. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=opposites+worksheets+grade+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/84028994338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/46155352089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c063f1506---24133451438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/65582811087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c017vhsvc0asmic2fjhpere6a6/57704850585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seowonbattery.com/files/fckeditor/file/980959164612c308e7a70c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/06/20/38444821028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8688cb1d---bifesiwededorofijawofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungland.net/uploads/image/files/40724488335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8477c1e6c9---wesinosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/valedugasifoladadefewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26lt7hepg033itvofj4muh99se/97172283314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/nudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazafabomajilafitepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xepeberetawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/tekosikusesikorudutaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b49c41a64---xefasarenorezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607278bbb6d14---83517881914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608140ad07e19---99029251502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/90929551165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4be711b8e---38069036659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/15372757675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/kezopimofugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/juvobupoleluromimoxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082594167ece---29905198181.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_off0000bb84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d39b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD39B 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 6220549f620fd5eac021dcbd4797b7b4ada1fc1a414a1dbc85ca38852500cfef
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC81 16292 bytes
SHA-256: af64998347b6517f2d7ba807e24bdeed7a893f27ca05210bbd5f0feafca72ffb