Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d178b1e3c501c47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:31:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: a843e4f07b10be36b3c14e35f6c38c0c SHA-1: ed7de2336427ebaaf7ef849ef23165585e2b3246 SHA-256: 8d178b1e3c501c47dafa0e900ea397af107884234b8e0b4ee7b9a5adfb85973c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and numerous external links align with techniques used to obscure the ultimate destination of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnlv4mnjgfaeu0n6ttbt2m1abb/risupejupidapafoziti.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3bfa0d95a8d6830ee118b190d8484f/91670991936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/wegapibeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/dezanugunizugowizuwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ac2603596967707a645b3e6be9360e/65996973955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r97t90p89npepa5maa4f12asc4/naxizakumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/63965949102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7102923ace428baf18085b2d91785e09/15423655328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e7ac0aed62bb1bf5b6f014d30806d3/59486173769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edae7e152c---xinibisoxadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0987a7f673a47ae8a8758e032cdf2c0/tivajudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/zigomepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82d78505fb6f52b5abcd9a36687e8a41/81462084486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607619a60a8bc---53409430533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojusuvoxugamipitarudunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b498d1410fb---wegasilaxejajugagajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811e39b11e9d2417c3925e7a1887ed00/70018884810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/xijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0c983860e---50021573378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e226f370ff---80688831425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9311ef4caf6192f6226af30b6c877ae/lafukezexuzizapogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609574fa108ef---1148578948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abde4575fa0---22718481032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+choice+questions+on+periodic+table+with+answers+for+neet+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off000105d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D9 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 2f02bd4c21747fe7aadbe2980efe699b0471773339b68047e43a62ec9813494c
font_01_sfnt_off00013201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13201 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A18 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 03718d0d02e43ea4983ec31370f44eba90a84f4c0dcfe2ff71a64d6522dfb0d5