Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e7552322e230bd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 07:04:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f735e7a6621c2aa44dab38aac93cf978 SHA-1: 1d4da839ea7d1a32188e6265691a1d8195c35ac0 SHA-256: 8e7552322e230bd51baa9144746edcdb913baa8b90526c9b389b0e4affb3cdff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further indicates a lure to trick users into downloading a payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs strongly suggest it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amiibo+spoof+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138577007f2b---15430079046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/mosepimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31636639072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/virogawozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciogaete.com/upload/file/bisiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9d749c769---gaxibitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/gowoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6b3fbacdd---83618668000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorsoftexas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/tipopanaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50620812c8a5b97329e2dfcd812626b7/13690909355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29786445846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/pimamobedobukolizafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudepozexefejisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc10580d65---83956387174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kchetstek3np2obbmsnc79rqo7/69029481724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/91767844446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/kuliparinopunuwusilabixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ee4600374---jetipefawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/53334673561362d11c1490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhaxuongbinhduong.com/upload/files/95959525885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/3224086317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78803881494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnermind.cz/images/files/tupibo.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f24d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A64 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 8ddc54836807d5239bafbd6facdb20d8f4b5beae6ad58a2586d722caddb732ad
font_02_sfnt_off000121f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F6 18864 bytes
SHA-256: af7376cf73862d2f0d243d3dbe1ea606cc07a3b941094d7af8d9c870f640ad4f