Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e84c51d66295a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:50:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ed25055c33e34b27534f98b687d774d6 SHA-1: 97d3615815ee5db4610d24d3a8dc53bbf4939657 SHA-256: 8e84c51d66295a2a5810a14d6c5ad4460c1a5a3c555c6850c9e9e8e7a7898c4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic further indicates a lure to trick users into clicking these links. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the overall detection profile strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+7+pro+custom+rom
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10411608432.pdf
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/jedenemogepapiferosob.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b928c68157---78485417243.pdf
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/39462554713.pdf
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29008100343.pdf
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/68561781257.pdf
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/tojoxokimozamesivamogotej.pdf
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/27490295033.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fc163fc73---45205992710.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/wuzatoluxunetuzeb.pdf
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipexuxazadujefokozux.pdf
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/78145145594.pdf
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bugirajigenapebobuw.pdf
    • http://www.its-dph.cz/admin/fckeditor/editor/userfiles/file/getokotorijurerapajulu.pdf
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/38241304824.pdf
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/83977619831.pdf
    • http://lovesenergy.nl/file/49852335116.pdf
    • https://0922.sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/65170936895.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1dec79dc68048f182e83c6b7490e1e/wixobirozujebut.pdf
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139968917b0f---71147100645.pdf
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/kafogedililep.pdf
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/52025972370.pdf
    • http://studiobonvino.com/userfiles/files/tepibomixokixa.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7f80f267f34b46fd0ee63538a6c4f4a/23319202697.pdf
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/27452833696.pdf
    • 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_off0000eb6a.bin
ced29a3e020fc4135cc6df0a462c281648434ca239fef31881851d1dcca03482
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6A 10664 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103e0.bin
ceae9bcf32b1133e22aa22ed610103b7acdf11efb26386caed3f0e1c2284c51f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E0 18536 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133E0 16792 bytes