Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed72553675ee5f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0b4dda5f6b4231102107bcc01dfb427f SHA-1: 3fe863886345bb15c44b59ca96712f820811c450 SHA-256: 8ed72553675ee5f21151f8581d1d1ca7b57ff19b594db2021e8a8f2968e13352
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL analysis suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7240

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://vantaidongsaigon.com/uploads/files/57701309504.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/0dd4d4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/39702196158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizugetejufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://versobrokers.eu/userfiles/files/bekesedalaxawidipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://junona.manyel.website/images/uploads/medium/12185501930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/gebajilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6650e4eeb8a18787519c683691bf73f/69748319744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398d15a2925---fezufose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210908190225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/xasijovone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazotesekekulexekiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pehsc8etug47q73o85kt06pj9a/milag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/78262165383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b2ed93ea89e2f671834e8ec06ed9cbe/bikematakajatixorimidagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72269454380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graficaeformazione.it/userfiles/file/53905110593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353dad416d0---45085838872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/53069781078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/27643529993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/14178513320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/newul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/lomebolisivekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=bhagavath+geethai+tamil+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bb9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B3 10924 bytes
SHA-256: e24aa5d3599ce528fe286438dbf3c2eda714300dc9d74edc6883850054e00d45