Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8edc058c70192990…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:57:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 078d1b59cad6f0c953986cc93024107e SHA-1: 877518c70116bec7c681b9cb94005b133ab0d1fb SHA-256: 8edc058c70192990e60f638a4927cc01d9d7e14e2b515e58b628ce367220cc60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'Download' button lure further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/povegivikanep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/depawojupixiwosujozojamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistys.com/userfiles/file/93482780545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/94485734925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77778549908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b966a5b170a---94028371951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb53a3a0b367b6522bdfb09f14b8bc3/36053226170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8043373572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a771f02a66b10ff738814149fd068328/96928768671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611196b0eb1b9---77041356045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/80907545693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/becd2d572d50f67ed8b7d10eb035c48a/lanepekudenerowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/duwelibabikezavexovadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43efbd2bdb0156886057de8aef66fc53/gamovegutujerarakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f04735f74---5042964336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/kufijukukubuduwirabodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/jitumimiripapetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/mufagobivubinikodatavupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec45ceaf51c---gawunewiwadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/153082291560ff03666aab6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90a09100d88dd35f215dd366b91349a9/mozakoditeneraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/16453129756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f6853be6a1ad9ae966d5ab1a2c86d7b/6371316838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=jipmer+2019+question+paper+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF572 18652 bytes
SHA-256: f9ff73ac4f19bdadb7471b3b102a224a63364b068e4a373e688388f23680c1b7
font_02_sfnt_off000126bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126BD 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 9467874857902607ed3df5a9c935d04a05f76f4c0f41c4186ce6847e01eb2c6a