Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cddbf0f0c0ebbcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 17:35:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 7c1f51ae0cb2bcc7c73822247d15d58e SHA-1: aeb2cd9abd4b202672cdb534cc83c3c6734ddd29 SHA-256: 8cddbf0f0c0ebbcf5d6fdcd695ebf535595dbece6fcb093d7594a0b3597f1539
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, specifically phishing. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c8h1kh0m4nc9hdmbet5okfjtp/34641732833.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/lodetimitodivox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/64978419834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/jamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6829517e80d4a355b1c995704838a8a3/tesatojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///70793532586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/28881638961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mb-classic-service.de/userfiles/file/38518520807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/14790458018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thompsonhigh1980.com/clients/4/48/48b9e10b24f1ac3c627dfd5bb8c45987/File/54723206425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/5363361680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cc58cad3d---sujusonafapojasoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdfac93fb5---54204215238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nkm8vcs9vvsusj0bl83ruc7hj/69427810174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978a1889d8e---87817799645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strefa-fitness.pl//fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpplikifile/xetixurefasexelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/jolurivubotawanexoweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/zuzemugopugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51563160571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834961e8f78---30327521587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/5123411721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1a6b2a4af---1170486571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=delusional+thoughts+of+grandeurPDF 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_off00018d5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D5F 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 241ba6924ce3247a6b9ff7dc38c28f460364f825f293b98e54532bb6c4767859
font_01_sfnt_off0001a5be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A5BE 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 9fbde7c88353349b41218984692d67e74d6a4de4b5ad3ad811601ac248be6a23
font_02_sfnt_off0001d51f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D51F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1