Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e04eed733ea3d82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:52:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 84f4062ab1411a2d1db97344ddaf0d18 SHA-1: 0356e699c41815ccc5cf4f94f8e7310883cb77ef SHA-256: 8e04eed733ea3d8246cb43502e7e73f0f26e48a37e140433f49f1ee8e310baeb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware delivery attempt, likely using embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/megugizafevonugorinon.pdf
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/salumajiwolomewanugagiw.pdf
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/pezelurunileteteka.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cc63bd5d8---fuxenimilolomosisux.pdf
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/novetutivipolesaxikef.pdf
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/lexirum.pdf
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mizewozukigexotolew.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adb44400985f098eb06c1cfdaa3b1258/siwoxoz.pdf
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/11394970964.pdf
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/tuvov.pdf
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7ccec76cf---riwen.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6b715092db---fulamukabap.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec38c0fb6---10645318760.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae10d1f740---zamezivezukufejatiz.pdf
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6740b234f22a342b7f7ee4203e90efa2/18799218566.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad002edda49---90843849707.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf8d33fbe---22567658297.pdf
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/34425337395.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71fa7b8ec7e1767a7c0fa69467673ddb/39354255506.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujcbv9disq7pkvuij4e35f2j94/66734402013.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a59b14076---38367919345.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f0d227a42bb2de298dfdbe3054e06a/48666162059.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=holiday+blues+ielts+reading+answers
    • 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_off0001050e.bin
8fa528aed21c1503084f2ad30a09ac6b309bdbddb0a7eeb7fb461c2f8716b902
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050E 17328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013259.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13259 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014a70.bin
66d819c8701e608930afaff843ef37c6725fe8be5a35331e5544faffa0524492
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A70 10856 bytes