Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8daae6f83c8d7ade…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:38:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 3e3dc372b64d325c066e13de398c7932 SHA-1: 83fe22885e2361aee05b619c9cac010f59c1f294 SHA-256: 8daae6f83c8d7aded4e788b9edab867c68675f8c10e5e2fe6e439f342391ab37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the detection results suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9882

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=barycentric+coordinate+system PDF link annotation
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/12158105477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/33704317767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba50734e64b6f1f11e5584ac35edfad8/76655279324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081770c3cbba---nipiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1de529208---95949598056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14fbdadc4aaf9dd035cb690eb50b2897/55434119538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b10915c61fc4d26706090d6801d85f5b/72183982616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2f5349a69---74170236815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cbb6458fd---3852381013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a939e73eb00ad3d1701c70f56c91f25e/35029531028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3617139c3---50638709848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad78704edcb---nezudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733dc76b380---63383834507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/87090944963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc20184841c---gukabujanafusalujerap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51992e7a89c13f7bed07a381c98fa3c8/bawusufabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fa6daf47110fab6902288d35744d53/jexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608971057551b---ruwopivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/21715180313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8fa522860bc0420cdfae8abcaf799b/dazagexiwapotunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feu4uctr5jsijf5n70n214kdvc/27256912102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d3859e434---13069182009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6748b3a7eee93729ebf4a108fbe8230f/mutizoj.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000135a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A9 18868 bytes
SHA-256: 643f024464c2ba1f81fb1c4274651539e5d942d89c531b28351eb69dc1393b92
font_01_sfnt_off000167f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167F0 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_02_sfnt_off00017d1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D1D 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 569b9f29239ac3d104522ab28884e41c9c9930adc6f7e81891f77629c23cf09b
font_03_sfnt_off0001958f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1958F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1