Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d838495b4569b83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7d80a6da757d66f73f8286f137a45363 SHA-1: 8e57adb069e579dbb61fe6a385161bbf8fbc30fe SHA-256: 8d838495b4569b836f7394cc68f046a7cb4e81f47675ff88c4ad441408aff603
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and ClamAV detection further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

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://gotween.com/userfiles/file///patanuxepew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ppfi-online.com/userfiles/file/97877535454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/77825016591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85006aaa6e2bf81952f450dd26487f5/84676937745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/47146966693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitvenezuela.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41435697799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c21662e12---54677505878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/54172927671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.org/contents/files/46577640496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ags-car.com/upload/files/kipagixafadugeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135df6ce0529---rupakiguwurikakamifobisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/50163218687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wronba.com/uploads/wysiwyg/file/88918766157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/begonixixibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efad0707bc---1470265989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/ruligekujawitefumiwovuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334830bda53---vunukegavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305c640b116---81180111403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28951908713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aec78b6a5d---7965828990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saeronbio.com/userData/board/file/59171669297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/89012816919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/bomara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/74851079984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/19461695650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317299ddeb0---43096563436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=divxcrawler+free+movie+downloadsPDF 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_off00011dcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCF 10796 bytes
SHA-256: c24a36ff8538095cc2efea04e3d91c247ba0994b0f8bc482867f09faef4677fc
font_01_sfnt_off000136b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B6 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 3ddf792b8c07d72c6a44556fbdc5dec0cfeb9f76957533db0e6ce10dcd4166c2
font_02_sfnt_off00016807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16807 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1