Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f1d48598f440673…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cdfa06be241162140d0f0e19f69d1163 SHA-1: 0340e70ab7e95aca51501a92f1a4c83161165be4 SHA-256: 8f1d48598f440673efe791b3daee3a953605d1d37157e170ffad6998ffcc297e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or SEO poisoning. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are common for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///kopuwi.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f127ad94ba710d4ef6ed8bb3e217ab4d/jixopo.pdf
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/jawogobivubegokemexa.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd8c292416---87775680942.pdf
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/93740150948.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5866ce63f---44520392984.pdf
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/96146947144.pdf
    • http://gamebonda.com/ckupload/files/69579554269.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0e949e8e8---nexuxekudepukisokinexu.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8ea17a64a---33995504264.pdf
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/kikedixivutot.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfeotgqm2r21en4g97u1onkfto/60940664581.pdf
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/95589222953.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ebbc387b0449afc037d11c3e88432ff/bolasefaxuzaboze.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c44270ec9---winedelakotifukekosodu.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23c26109a084f1f69b3df8d5d74e6b1/sefonukaputu.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47aeeb3ef2---popuvir.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/lidafatapotonewakidako.pdf
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/rixusujenigarukatew.pdf
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/pixuxerepid.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+charismatic+charlie+wade+novel+read+online
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a7bae18be---kazukujel.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_off00011f4f.bin
079c66097afa2945200ac2133debb9dfc2259edf6a8d43f4e0f6a917bd57e11f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4F 18252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014e22.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E22 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016639.bin
b52e2b2ce128da90138f7487c6011dc5f821bc914a08b2e624d58e18796bf70e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16639 10752 bytes