Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ccd6eb768ba2804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 18:37:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: baf5c7351ed50c368f03d92739c73ba3 SHA-1: 93afd36323853f2a569f210789af06147013d550 SHA-256: 8ccd6eb768ba28046f48b25f51a61815d4ba3e6ef25d544fd8fcf7a822662711
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of 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 to phish users or redirect them to malicious content. The presence of a link farm on compromised infrastructure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/peruzisabaxajozegozax.pdf
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65730821864.pdf
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/vaxaremesenobekew.pdf
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/9245774831.pdf
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/xajivedifazetodav.pdf
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/lameluxapoxivufozemav.pdf
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/2425142038.pdf
    • https://sportnazona.bg/f/uploads/files/besudedebajuzixu.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613caa6e2c4f7---36135637232.pdf
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumidoxafirixurujimap.pdf
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/fidenawizojomomeziwuxoget.pdf
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents/files/vujexeb.pdf
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/18875469144.pdf
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34126785241.pdf
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/xetujof.pdf
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/10638766022.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/det34aiq1i5tqq6k7eti2ghoee/zojuxupunuwukazo.pdf
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/kenoteripawuv.pdf
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/34623941938.pdf
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/35416705408.pdf
    • http://oldmotorsclub.com/files/file/13544831780.pdf
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202109082022014662.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5mjo70b04l1h8v75ug9hlngn/zibajiwoguwopuwukovuja.pdf
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/wibamemi.pdf
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/22095294947.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+onion+knight+ff3
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d64c.bin
fe89b1240d8bd55c95f2d416f1c9969e604095b66ec23a894540437040f6e85b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD64C 19124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010855.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10855 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001206c.bin
b791c2a9e3e5a1fc6be41717dc0bd6b96c7787e8923d8cde63d11928fa2b0a21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206C 10360 bytes