Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cda008b57daec6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 93f1d2f49fea69af9ba2839ce84a045a SHA-1: 53f896d530e1ebf02513baa9ea646e1dd999f976 SHA-256: 8cda008b57daec6e381cb0d24f88ddd584352c18077754f022a02e294c593feb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the 'utm_term_redirector' flag suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially engage in SEO poisoning or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/rigalesedeba.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0m464bfv0j3eiua4qci78iu77/83679255666.pdf
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/49985715241.pdf
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxodupanoli.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/87176536797.pdf
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a76793eee2d704f2a6f3a14322ef10/kozutujori.pdf
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b151ac104b175e60ab129599a11230f8/93390949017.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ee3d60591---zowuvimibijasarobe.pdf
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/javaku.pdf
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/nanixemumefimuzuzopetezub.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/41193931834.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4e55d87c76c26243fcb849ebf646fe0/dotujifujekagoxud.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu76qupriu5sbcao6v0gavokl6/rodogiwodokoj.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c970e2db2d98333c3ec0a7f6e6ad159d/19465817756.pdf
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/77199279334.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e720dfb8c---sonimivujigarewimupurevi.pdf
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d54ab15062---9671563811.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b803cfbcfb459414ae35ca98e652dbeb/5523972050.pdf
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098826286f53---91687886947.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd626bca54---labesa.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hbes4rcaeg15govjal793qra4/nipofaponizelomaku.pdf
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c95d243b40194702ad2b62ea2309fba/kamekegofigeremawizuj.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4e6656691b5d98f0ab13917875bbee/manaxeduzijuku.pdf
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///19318390789.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f237ab2b38---tetefulagele.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189bbc145026c6cd27fc8920b4dd8893/kanorerividajuzusezum.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=highland+puppies+for+sale
    • 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_off000104ca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ce1.bin
0c55e30b116593c52ccf04ab07b8adcc171b5bf02ff2872cbb3e30c438ea33bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE1 10768 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013544.bin
9a0199e3d24e47ad35bbb1c334296d2c29ae07ff69bc6f188c79ae812fa050ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13544 17380 bytes