Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef4198b6351f041…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-10-03 14:26:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e38ea007e2b7d35286047beedc106ec SHA-1: 78f87181c979699aeb374810e3de6298b32318b2 SHA-256: 8ef4198b6351f04172a36169fd0ef9528ce117190080c7bf0d668b7b9c0715de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. Heuristics and ClamAV detection confirm this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external URLs suggests a primary function of redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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=how+to+draw+a+race+car+step+by+step
    • http://encino.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/zesovusaxepofojugogaziwef.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bdb53bc8a748863bcf635bbb2fad635/firukomozaxabivodezomi.pdf
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/weponevetofozakudapune.pdf
    • http://sm300159.agchost.com/userfiles/files/76330240434.pdf
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/famivapolot.pdf
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/36185889322.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150b49fdbbc2---borapigunuj.pdf
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/27334254819.pdf
    • https://cicasoftavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/xotizikimuv.pdf
    • http://ktai.lmg.jp/upload/file/dovikakawe.pdf
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/78547601867.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155ea978f630---15747728521.pdf
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/haps7jgc1hqdv5t6q62blbm1hn/kamus.pdf
    • https://hotlinepro.in/admin/userfiles/file/51047206407.pdf
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koruzat.pdf
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40209274722.pdf
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/lovidew.pdf
    • https://mb-classic-service.de/userfiles/file/83366715267.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de51417277---21883469656.pdf
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxegukelerojilus.pdf
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/raxixuzapesuvoxipenovasu.pdf
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/dexebiwano.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/3263747214.pdf
    • http://pro-roubenky.cz/UserFiles/File/juxupinav.pdf
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/kamaluzuvedomapexojorevu.pdf
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210921094734412163ksth0.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_off0000b32d.bin
43ca21f316392a26bd5126c1c180132b644f7e7c8e05372859e16a43c04cba81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB32D 15964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc08.bin
397e9becb5d4f68e5c2b222aa1a00b53a27ba6e33f81787847ef56c25760e4ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC08 10596 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f430.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF430 16792 bytes