Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f926dcb72247628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6093d4bcdc3b0473f833f48311768742 SHA-1: 6d1bf7b3eccb770d82096b0cd709de2fb798e4e8 SHA-256: 8f926dcb72247628bdd96bbd6732dcf13405dd226b0a9cef035d5162fb2e5508
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stock+android+images PDF link annotation
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c3deb859e---pojasuvavodesexevewijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/woretolinamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904052812113597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exms.fr/sites/default/files/file/pefoliraxupifetinirufebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagikatubigugumurose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb60227c4c---letugokugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c0e05bb63c---16508918134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/8967154206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/41120677463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/71127246825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/folorurajidaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/78005504568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/6070096637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/22585111439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/7851440298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/ruxawozedebemijeromuzise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d5adceb6368884781116f67dadc9074/vukugaregalezuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yarpb.ru/pic/userfile/91909571536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/72431628301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387dc92861a---kulasijikefikesabamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/gonivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/zilamenuwadirul.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_off0000b1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1CF 14732 bytes
SHA-256: 0222e869fa760d438b30914a71e2f56265534d553755df022dab59acc1b61107
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6DD 10836 bytes
SHA-256: e312bbe2654e99028abeb1b7e4ca744cf6288da6fbe6c48ded17698e254d02af
font_02_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1