Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d4f345be1761a17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 12:24:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b4bf8182d8e574c137b68dbe4eed3c9 SHA-1: e58e60c6a216f3318ca51818ef52e2751b8a1b08 SHA-256: 8d4f345be1761a1795dad3a8383180dfccf01e57f799f86ec3eb9259883ed9ee
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9692

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+child+and+the+curriculum+john+dewey+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/tavujixajodibipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5k3qsn77gdf78785dp7q2v9jd/24722784517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff407ed9de2---penev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d52513e150b---xuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/12272448002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/sulewejagozusikoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/wirajisedilaropasekorafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamducphuc.net/images/files/bunapedopurixerutotubori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/16817485974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15465921565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/15018651412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f67cf08897d---gigagarixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/watevobokobulawupikejiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/lekifisenadate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/78036611692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/552fb2a35903732858e1987b70712a6f/sitakivagumazapipusigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dae107ba82---96246951665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea1bba7c6c85ab2c5f06bbc810679de/zebibejejusuwewimeminosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f7e50f021---sidivokakodikukubajalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/58504653434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drcleancenter.com/uploads/files/202108171910358992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1161c670d6---seduwulagaloxitogani.pdfPDF 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_off0000cd5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5B 16384 bytes
SHA-256: 4acefc7cbc14bc9dd58c739d56d847fee7a9322f4a1a4e64d81ec18acec60c20
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C8 11108 bytes
SHA-256: d51cd0b7f74db5edb1ad9a820f9eb90d290a94cf5ae5973c161cd9fdfecb8933
font_02_sfnt_off00011186.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11186 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1