Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e842b38a29cef17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 00:44:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 811638c352522e1e541f43f937ce656e SHA-1: 980e091e9178ec9607d967495b5b42438068317e SHA-256: 8e842b38a29cef175a3028e9710ee0ec29cc6eb6189633086aa4b6ae193276b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. One notable URL, https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slumdog+millionaire+full+movie+download+in+hindi+720p+online+watch, suggests a lure for pirated content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slumdog+millionaire+full+movie+download+in+hindi+720p+online+watch PDF link annotation
    • http://thcsnguyenvanhuyen.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepulewojibaxuxajupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf43fe2c6d6b7ffc3d257c9faeea431/6162986032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7945af85e5ba352ef64444d3f2a129d1/28997291995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5313306d8e4411e7da97ba8538c74975/banadunovidefuzepiketaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc3c3ca03b---27863922680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f709d03858bb3a246c12466da6e1b58/52972088907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4feb6fd5be04696931eb3ccf8508826/39164545023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/ruwenolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948e621bd01c8f68d901854322d2876a/juxokuvekuxenarisobufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quvpr1qbpguua7etk36leir44f/juzoparofejofatexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5ae73b6b7---75919472634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/6402309294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/423f07f0962db4e8113661718adb4ba0/39243971370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b755efe0cb8---77702243378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982edc3f148---24352348639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxipoxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/12964045824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fda0c5bec1e8de40e3ae6835231cf43/badifudakojokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/fitarisumudesezaferat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0bec62c64---kigupufotekuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6304597c201bb095e700e919544d6745/92526860097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/82299793671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/39726161186.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_off0000fbcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DF 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 84060be3421aab8aa74dd92c2ec3f3f812fd64cd70146e56e8bee21da370295f
font_02_sfnt_off0001440a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1440A 11520 bytes
SHA-256: f9bc22b07ab71f395587c1bd353aeb4156ab10ea9046f86f6c29606794e494b7