Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f7819a83b518bb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:37:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3887fabe5eebc655bba68ed8ad28352b SHA-1: 74ae5cfacbbe29df8df8daffd83466c47a5bdbcd SHA-256: 8f7819a83b518bb5f1807b92343d5fc7eea7ab9e9b5e39fccdb6adfb5f5c9fe9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URI heuristics and the ML classification indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sword+art+online+season+1+episode+25+english+dub PDF link annotation
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/kutukelopinofunoretumewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebfa02537f2cb2011d982a7e48dc8b2/93292748156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/bewemamufanigebived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/98726366972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcity.hu/ufiles/file/53116161285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/zukodudinefukugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jv-cms.crazy-jessie.nl/uploads/files/93588541033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/pukizatuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmetic.dilen.top/upload/files/finasajesosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b0f7b9b51---nazuliwanugorilofolewara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodogs.ru/sites/default/files/file/nogurerapulizenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog/file/xitesano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/daxogafupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/kalenodipovedenifodubine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/57479450179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/27969042273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/75327133902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324e799371d---18658423760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teater77.nl/userfiles/file/fefaxudodarutuzuzebufeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/82981933324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents/files/93124881220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/58091320213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/bomuxamavisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/668rabavvetmp4r9b78tulo8c1/12263576955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/1632352891064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomsuhoangminh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/38051454105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/gizisozoxumemuzonibujuw.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_off0000eb62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB62 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 15ded5a879135b4bba8f441e8b88b37496f632b93dd6c09e1457461f2062bc43
font_01_sfnt_off000105d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D6 17876 bytes
SHA-256: bd5226126d5216a5bcde249bd4e98e4817beb5d0aed6e519403e20928504398c
font_02_sfnt_off00013413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13413 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1