Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb7c6f2b32f7230…

MALICIOUS

PDF

166.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 09:17:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7ce1ca17eec473b629b992c12f76b0f6 SHA-1: d3abc5723dc670a4366aabdac400fad28f9ac25a SHA-256: 8cb7c6f2b32f7230fe86bf9369a27d179d20f1575763cd409b68ba2095c9e578
156 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 disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The sample's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised infrastructure 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 http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/81451887629.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/19903823149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0468e56d6b---23432458706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e4bed23482fc2952a0a3c100be40282/xiguxenoduvamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/86284254559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/11870965196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/gusimidufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36706a864af28422df36affead2ef40c/80217858563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/pexupanidajakadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210709_043536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ef1d35dd3e240778518f7aad54ba7f/fimukonaper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/3333689646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a326dd3c44bf3aeac55f447c9a03adb3/4124679419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57b42c571c---28037324234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f27df891412214b5d3fbe0f717c338/46711427248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c472a398df---28228985506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/vefurilapixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/9695980144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92b1c22e4d---livuxipininuxaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077aad0a12ec---kesalizemiwanupetamanaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4402cf4263eeff8994cef6ebc12e29eb/14823190471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/BVqUNontxZRcbQ48.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/60363448056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mantle+of+spell+resistance+5ePDF 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_off00022c6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22C6C 17592 bytes
SHA-256: ebdbf0833d3a854ae6a5c32180909425cbfd8ea080e681cdedc29875e806f3bd
font_01_sfnt_off00025aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25AEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00027302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27302 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 0837eb6d088b33ad6b70f1e13d2a677f482dce9b18778b76b6eba73f21109675