Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f8d929185b193a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:14:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f4f94ffe59c6d24baba66899f2dc24ae SHA-1: 5801a9d0aa8dfc64fcfb93ef64867721354da23a SHA-256: 8f8d929185b193a5367207be66d7b39e83d21fc9d134dc63e80c2c2310d3bd17
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, which likely serve as redirects to malicious content. The PDF structure itself, combined with the numerous external links, suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=old+my+talking+tom PDF link annotation
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/49714892217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac8719866b---58036162152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad3501c977---98068195546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/nedarilodirudekoreduwipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/nosisamukuzusurosojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb5f1c5614---bunujolopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujekanuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/timubevimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgbig.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906100821704153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/8053618012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodambra.eu/userfiles/files/90963936637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/konujawoguxexoxeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/xofositebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd9d3afd86---18027393999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32160133979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/mojimere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a99f6de89c---40569856124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/zomemupekowaxokato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/25620393717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubemakingmachine.com/uploadfile/files/73917560146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/93294876719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bff849751---bapijawibigojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaronandanthony.com/userfiles/files/48661831704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a19884b961---vivegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/vivularazifamamezuvifad.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3C 23544 bytes
SHA-256: 6619a46db89ac5c750da2b26e683aa1a61487f3ba0efa11fb26d090375d20fb4
font_01_sfnt_off00011972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11972 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 4bde9370c8681e4aebc7d7e6470105da8ee78ad848234fa938bd5837bb3b6d5e
font_02_sfnt_off000130c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C8 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_03_sfnt_off000138c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off000150d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150D5 16388 bytes
SHA-256: e8dcb5e5fbbc942b73626904f94c1dab99f4a70f0902c6d5c0e18a1168e25d72