Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d6c9c1106db86f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cda653a7aa4c1b88c5c5b4ffeba365d8 SHA-1: 010e2c8d614f1fdd2c5f2164612bc5cacb26cd6c SHA-256: 8d6c9c1106db86f9958d1e02b144f1094b4395e5ebf35cc39f4c9f368c6563b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize UTM parameters, suggesting a phishing or SEO-based malicious distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+english+grammar+checker+app PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf94fe0b67f---raloropixojovomiturujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/kaxasuzubizoxuxagoretagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/nawumumopatepepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/1090809618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/vitased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/leweputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/15949012518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/44737380288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/33527578187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/52392051351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40faa1fa07f7a9b6c9a6f55d9d7dbb0b/29076076129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238f6602e1be9052f8f43df0e8ea40e5/xutosapepiveraful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/lexiwogiriwusani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4402d6b01c---gokobesaxagibepujutamuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945a9fdc5ed---60003057986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le5489l5q7p2sbp5tpq25qin62/gutikusema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eha1cf3pvn320cok4pe373bpi3/86957428830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087001e1bb8c---93107651868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/4235461853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ad35abc3c---powegevobesuvuxomeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff19d846e5ecbc4ce095c6a8c1000498/43219130864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210625103243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c01704a806---14424511645.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_off0000faa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA6 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 84eb4903993ce7d9f4d0b4108ded2efa97b013cee8749243abb4765b9876fe0c
font_01_sfnt_off00011389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11389 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9B 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 4f358ce6192aa81563ed85eb9cc604150194cf41aad462e581c6d5f33b41f46f