Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e717c63860bface…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:33:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b75c616d8adcce75051218dbf223a44c SHA-1: f658cda84c2ef354ba9c729518f5b42177aff696 SHA-256: 8e717c63860bface9f4b1f0295253590787d801697f2311935fbe08d4c2c853a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure, likely designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. The heuristics indicate it's an image-only document with an action trigger, a common tactic for phishing. Several URLs point to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a distribution chain involving compromised websites to host the malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c66dc84952---sovibujugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/wekagupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/zomupabipulidoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mqq7ugioh6223ttmdq7j0ppnc/74626235663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/80133049259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sor1310.com/userfiles/file/poxusefakumoxonari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwaranolekisewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tgvl.in/uploads/fck/files/45303055823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/vuvuzulokeretixiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerirakumuzesoniwadudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74780484700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/48478691448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/rinosipasiraselufulositug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/tefaxiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxatelatikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrluab4k1me7a4mvl8tjus43k5/davegazewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/10349479411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/80631083118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/29670339309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/xexubajodazatizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warwick-ems.org/userfiles/file/vusosedekeretebirasisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12564d3c71bb0e413f35b7e1fbb3fb2/dozomutoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10377936695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/mirulazedebixotezinazele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/25950878619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=map+design+ml+injectorPDF 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_off0000b33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB54 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 926a87b586f3c1c2744db8440deb6a2d167f1be66c7e782f2a2400c7df8dd1b2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE484 13632 bytes
SHA-256: 69b6779bee1ae87d534d8610fe4bcec4307958637f3b713795f4a636de7a482f