Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e473824ea9e7228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0be51f0e6eb783d9260d7de0227bb98e SHA-1: 885577f8a5d1b0ccd4e92ecfe31924e78ab6db6c SHA-256: 8e473824ea9e722884a3e30eb64022147b943a7628039dcf4ee50f02a988e569
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains, a common technique for SEO poisoning or phishing campaigns. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirms the presence of numerous links on disposable hosting. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 http://hghs61.com/clients/9/98/9814c5f28b4e93efd1f74733a9fd6b0f/File/vaxomomazagafodaranul.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc3e7970ca3cec2380de00b53549a0c/60137504258.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/luwikexutomupud.pdf
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/wogukevizumexovepe.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/8189317188.pdf
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/renunefefasusuru.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710f989e7d7---xuwujezuxitulitiruvubap.pdf
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/94780639803.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608140cb1f214---vapegufajudomikasivivoko.pdf
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defe2cuh47t1i5ou3o6lo4nk4p/benododuxipatuzivonulizom.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0651533a959833866725438df3a08bc/38699372834.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69df979496---54049141136.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff27ee62d684e9a4df19f156764aae9/30253580412.pdf
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/85512762677.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/514099d4ddd88d91a46037b45d9aebbd/wewupex.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bea8dc811b4ca73852f48c22faf6b69/muloxodez.pdf
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/loxefo.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b085499c231---rujaxarilikoluki.pdf
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/64756656970.pdf
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee1bc198e02228492e6901850b3d8f8/kunefulafekafud.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e8a172eb7---87337996999.pdf
    • https://cafesca.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49263301160.pdf
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/31863920184.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4b48e5395382fa2b2625c8297d605ca/70891342322.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cause+of+numbness+in+hands
    • 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_off00010aa3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000122b5.bin
3a3cb52c8537bf8c3ce801ad289c44e80bca0537eaeb083f56fc4ef3660a3708
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B5 16672 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014ddc.bin
80e1ea2a89c338d462a3a7b18fdf78dc789e4fcafbe0a9b0d4b83968aa252f68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DDC 10644 bytes