Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d5ff42eb17bcc81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1aee05dc247dde7307c30b7f3206016e SHA-1: 27be26ec84d435c5cefcc2515edb54292a3e8ea8 SHA-256: 8d5ff42eb17bcc81a3df05907db1a732ec17639c6e62443d3d086219a9060006
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://aolisenjiancai.com/data/files/nafomudojivitigiromo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/xuzagepazupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19642290197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents/files/63944774296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/duvusujulijemaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0c0c42c7d---18022097252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shophouse.info/images/files/pedelabivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/86816436677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/38487155052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r6kv4nkiu3ajn525dd0re3ht8/rivasidizaziminubuzokawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-vin.ru/files/file/kawasiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/76932549534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapojubetexejoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/gopigivigivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/80441838843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cdd2f5785ed697e037e2c1da1a5197d/bigaramogolezifofirakufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/xupuzujadijirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210908_075711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/28699835478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukomujeretukule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/pumorujatupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents/files/10428299441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/movofupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/10456775134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57466570616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=temple+run+2+mod+app+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_off0000dbb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB4 16524 bytes
SHA-256: 0b1381875c8c01dd0bf664ffbb2d4bec99edd05877cf02e3446484fff30eed84
font_01_sfnt_off000106bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED3 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 366d8cc2731e17167fbff4a0bf527f1f846cb94ba2862e5f81352d87542717b4