Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d3cbae17b872848…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 10:57:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 18f12325ddc0fe85d5bf8019e414113b SHA-1: 4d85f6c0e58f40b1d02711ee234b570d8987250b SHA-256: 8d3cbae17b872848347b450ab27eb7b47585f2c64cce4e6ffcaf819b08e7829f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL findings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/dekugopolibajewele.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/wexutudekixuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6ce17a451---55955639319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607598f5715f6---nufemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zubrcup.by/files/files/rigapafuvibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/jaredodedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a9faeafda---mexozinusabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/mijatukugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/64016162338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/21117197500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0htum309a1ek18l8bqt0l5jem8/gofaduvaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef7c4ea8874f04361f27f27b1773d6ea/sibafoxesuzenedijovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710df717869---64188589082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17dlt2os4336dg70uhji7a5t5/zowoxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/86135731307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/93616293750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/45046662691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0405332586d50b1868a901921f3296de/tutofofosubewujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/64782685000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada68ec70835965e0385af9699ee00a8/64679260773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/79262084346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31483c27d2---tizozigeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/5055417285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd19656a24---mategamadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=manual+link+building+campaignPDF 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_off00016cec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CEC 18180 bytes
SHA-256: b083948298bc5386d9a5dbc454a1087cd1880a40c04aa3f379dee5d826012ee1
font_01_sfnt_off00019cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19CD1 10564 bytes
SHA-256: a4fe15cbbe45a1c529ce94ba96bd68f8d3df3616c9d77378cfb6e00b59a659b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001b454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1