Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f4cfc8bb8d708c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5c8d612b17c3e5956ca363035fca6bfc SHA-1: 056c0383e57ae4003d96030017b3c9e1077ddd81 SHA-256: 8f4cfc8bb8d708c9bcd7f895abb2e2277c66a38524719aa9b636a1d3f7059b4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially malicious or compromised domains supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/77046536043.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b728f663574---zarixomosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b10887b3e---devobopunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zilasibotamugerabowazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/31860929274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/kujizedudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b23886fe0cf0be491cb68082f682b9/15759199536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/28671881260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6e5f5632c6a6e757471ec02b3fd8ea/2231950819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a39785f2c3---xuxofalatomepufelenunekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wejexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094db1c8f659---77541127560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a2ce7a265---likabedovogefavasina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/zilelavonavarawapugapoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/vanipujisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/malerinifumotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potoxasekevexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/9837069298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rowesedaporidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/99002547073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/41390204840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70e07dc077---zobupatomasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43da70f54b49f50334f74b1f8169fc44/gogarugakekemekusagiposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/8620401695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/gapitojijojuzizovuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.net/userfiles/files/fomidoriravotopiweneniles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=osha+means+of+egress+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_off0000daa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B8 16876 bytes
SHA-256: cf509030c6da2f9975e61d0b4e5a6013cb722187066b2e732d4210136424cbdf
font_02_sfnt_off00011def.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEF 10732 bytes
SHA-256: c3827b8bc0990b4f25de2b6cce15d0d6bdb4e734aeb7abe2625f7516e8f04fac