Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ce09540c72786c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: a0ff21f9cd12899a59a6e0b805147131 SHA-1: a3b4ab683e5f49b277fd642dbf0788a5c481f4db SHA-256: 8ce09540c72786c96bb4f8f9a037e87b540f31eed86779a2facecc751f1b08e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF documents, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external links suggests an attempt to lead the user to malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18534898016.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chinahk-ip.com/chinahk_ip/html/files/editor/file/wiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basetopedomozesoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142bfa8cafd4---92091843690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/nirulofemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/29767631996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/91035399486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofenesejinirilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://identik.hu/editor_up/97754389713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/75984932611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/47792510586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d109ad9f22cb9e6c5ca5267f9f313eea/14417968820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/userfiles/file/48794793291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b9abb9273---kitizumuteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_4DE9E67D91A1F3B1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136091e12807---rolumeluxadoxofalosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/kodivawedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/8080246549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/93496154949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclelandgroup.com/img/upload/file/katidoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/litavemutivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32220566701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/73649551181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12shio5.com/contents/files/nedojaxosigarafefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=mod+stickman+legendPDF 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_off0000dd0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0C 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 1778e3296fcdf4c88ec437820875f9c00295cb3df83699970b9cc3dbf69fef4c
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12461 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 8ada1ab095e137fe042cd234cba518a824929b40b6c44b065ff887f447a91359

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