Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef82d1b0fb61727…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:12:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 63111a1c116d2170691cb6830c518bb9 SHA-1: c34543f27ecc43c83dc22078759f38362214e880 SHA-256: 8ef82d1b0fb617273f379ad360a2e82310af7e355addcc658828000b5021a383
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or IP addresses, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document's primary purpose is to host these redirecting links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spice+cake+frosting PDF link annotation
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e19feaa5d---9471656774.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/63493016295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210731060723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/40129670807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/pezusoxuvarubilakaxidoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/pijofosipuxigejomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxkbm.com/clients/2/28/28fcaa936e2ecbeb6c9a97ea0f1ab253/File/sezefefekemizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipapubizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/70908618608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2067508519959e13ae7480a70cd4aa9d/13612249380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/54840640683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/42455204980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drivingschool-brno.cz/files/files/92885146734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9c3d73f65850d0ff8918db9f293898/38643340805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725c929939d---86023715170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/92703742884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tch.lu/files/files/96707932615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rq4jvblgtaslq4b43rvvdm1r1/55833088921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kisomikibudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3392293561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/2336937587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36027980008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0f0b5bf470---rupog.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_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 17656 bytes
SHA-256: b77819e7b206eb686c50d6a646258ea5ff827b83011b781b5d90d731a4f4afb8
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DB 10776 bytes
SHA-256: ea5361f609b2c508f1edd19b4480493dde9ca6085dc2936bfe25be9c39d03a07