Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d86e752a6935546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 08:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cdd59cc051e9eab189e10580fcd61427 SHA-1: a6951ba9801e23c8d802305fd3a7ee2198218fa2 SHA-256: 8d86e752a693554637930b39480c529d42b95728eca0540916e3dc0cbe097515
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely contains malicious content or exploits. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious or compromised destinations, potentially for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/nuxoweruvamejobamejejejov.pdf
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_6B3EBC40CE4A5192.pdf
    • https://saksisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/527882919.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepinid.pdf
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/vazupuzogu.pdf
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekixebozezu.pdf
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/xikeraxafupijikojisi.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613774ea96fb2---10835249586.pdf
    • https://jager-ig.tw/up_photo/file/zosukufagolow.pdf
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/40608199434.pdf
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/pazofaxigunomaruronepiso.pdf
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/logabekuxamabelel.pdf
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/27632551205.pdf
    • https://eksiliotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/89651036557.pdf
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/20496500806.pdf
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/93887230613.pdf
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefun.pdf
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/tatawokisanutezaxijari.pdf
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10556963146.pdf
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/47194568901.pdf
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/lopuvabanom.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/33738387924.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04824145ecf57687b6395b59e24b0833/muvowirevonakimewabetu.pdf
    • http://sunway.me/uploads/file/182309164514.pdf
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/borikanusivepoluw.pdf
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1aa3dde735703231a285b645e427e33/vidowuku.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=apn+internet+gratis+tigo
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8a2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100b4.bin
4cff197ae92c76d2f98131abc44a8c8ebefa72ba6c4b70ebe3bd7c435dad3e92
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B4 19100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013269.bin
e78a0252b09f6470f34e50ed4d0bad53b5617424d1c77e98b899ad748cc17699
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13269 10360 bytes