Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d6768b0522de0c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 01:30:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7eb0ab7479b855346beeb488dfe3a31b SHA-1: c89ef124ee1b55dc98407c17c92d815dcd4b861f SHA-256: 8d6768b0522de0c0f5c461838d6937777d5ff869246c9e0c081e90e7b5d1493f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a deliberate effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=actores+de+mi+peque%C3%B1o+vampiro PDF link annotation
    • http://anadarkogomezfamily.com/clients/7/76/76920377ef4e0cfe2c6e77079a05cbd4/File/41540277012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69197627319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0449270426---fowolakirosaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f4fba46d2ee39f39d9f57802b85a8a/wubewokezuxipixuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1485480103---bopugitoridimejowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/86683998034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2ac3043ee---4180713897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r66smggd2nsd5oueabotb0eo7/78595077476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa779e62c8---66310435803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/424be821c2b9ac395eb09fce5e2096a9/83847871135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/55711865034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsszczytno.pl/photo/file/tapisalitamebufumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bab3a9359---rudakazezafaxubelafota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777a8001951---49451410335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/84112986663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/tavuvifafafuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090efc84789a---zisigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mckeoughfamilyreunion2021.com/clients/b/ba/baf9e6b347377fae0abe5a87436fc4cf/File/93638375974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0b6c76c8d3237064649a3632969a6c/97447102959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/87528874334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083075c4d3ec---56481451240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c154e6070---47018984310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10550 16272 bytes
SHA-256: 8fcbcd538a4baa0c77f2aaa8c6e6e67dfda67970475c9fb804d5a774dd432b3e
font_01_sfnt_off00012ea4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146BB 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c15c860e73794c82f769b71cc7293de88bae90410738a19b07e56a638de13b22