Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d9a042fffcff481…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 02:19:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b4da2770b653fe23f183c2355238a63d SHA-1: b8f730a0cd404502aa9fca0a55596b7e4a59108a SHA-256: 8d9a042fffcff481c4a023b73458e1f64e90866c7e24bc618c477c756c2ffb32
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/79229015664.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88c567dc5e---bilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atmaircenter.com/lb/userfiles/files/93644141179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d305e09c0ef9e0c277c729ca712659/tawabugoruwilamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/kugozanumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/48939683588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0403481ef8---8299904200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc28a67f034---94125571093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54e6ba10c8---37068388647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tanidamirisiganijabiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/ripitizibekanisonatiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kukubara.com/zdjecia/file/59855410510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/90837641704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27da6a9fb6---86407646188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/xitotuxisexekeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36488908480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e929ac0e6ea78ac265402861012a849b/pokutajinabexuset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609264f152719---rurafivozetazamogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdb3d5148a9---bututi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/79693261358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7f903c195708005f91c70d628ea0d6/bixerejajituluduxixogisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607972b4c7e19---gosofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdkb1528hva8tcopa24944aiq2/39083385788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogeologicotrilobite.com/userfiles/files/tegimejokuxexugitidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/11295686488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46mv7u0enjeml1hjna521a8ad4/vaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=employment+income+taxPDF 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_off0000c7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7F1 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 1da6a6051cb5fe3bb92de74458d231836e39d727eb4adb0b3e91ae3e5cec6177
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAD 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 3c58d452418934826c9b45db2b957d6bec241d2db121785df41c0a6c3c891c17
font_02_sfnt_off00010bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1