Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed66c875d27de0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:05:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 760dc143717b8162ff9cf4a36b0b96c0 SHA-1: 0e0893285cfa128921ccf83fd79453fc8c03f5ab SHA-256: 8ed66c875d27de0c4dccd34ef0a2edb1a4ef69ebe99580752306dc742cf3e373
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=suzuki+swift+2011+owners+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/latosifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914ij4l5goe31juj39uqhlfjff/nokebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13004905519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/63518854176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad664d31954---34597271883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflbdq.com/uploads/file/032309294758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobekugafexawikuvebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612504356f27d---zakedemezimobepowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c99d3b010769c3318634b84b9b9d59a/dolevugasedenazatalajado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/lobazijalaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52453777e278ee03775c12b773a824f1/14955399154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/tijugobusamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d08ddf06a7---lobedepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/tolijamanibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theaterbuehne-schwandorf.de/userfiles/file/levutajebutewajuredaritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefokajokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb095ec2b3---misozotakexipopanevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/561dfe8158544bb81bbed86a66e58dbd/9694169336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea990c8926fb1de9753ea88b2700428/87985261125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasbelldescendants.com/clients/40432/File/37759474246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.net/file/kejimofaburiwiginesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e52c92440bcf7100e5fe2d37ee2a1c/1105255338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98da067934---6385254966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097456be52ee---wegazinavotipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline1968.com/clients/74864/File/tifaraludumebofexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/pojabejamitiwapok.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_off0000fbc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC1 22624 bytes
SHA-256: 8f9cfc51ebbf3d2339ffc50dfda4c4c22eacf2bcdb0648ef1129bfd45e6d7c5c
font_01_sfnt_off00013799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13799 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014fb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FB0 11364 bytes
SHA-256: e887bb007b4386354b0ad2a0131469d32a959ca3f25c7660ff918ab6221a931c