Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc7971e5dc287eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 12:42:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 512d750554c44b466a2db396041d9bc7 SHA-1: 2530cc549b42a4ca3093745ee6c6a505cde8e5ca SHA-256: 8fc7971e5dc287ebbf77ad5ff7cffb7794fbb77bc5a410286accff7a25a0f27d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on domains identified as disposable or potentially compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and link farm nature suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://reafamily.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixojekuvuvusegi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/tanuzubofopudijujuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/zisola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d356d01219e---bajepemilunigifamexujomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fc24af91e67eea16eb8608b933cb5c4/rivobuwazuvanutedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210626092934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1497d181a---zojagozazufixaveruwigesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/notagevofelatisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d61b7368b9---42113877296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ovh0748hc7ka51r2ch5mrksfo/fuposuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/86522559640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/89735439164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78b4cd33f---zadatapilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3e8086792fa100dd91bf9d9da574c7/lezubetujefamowisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/diwisafadumatiwowitogexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=rigel+and+betelgeusePDF 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_off0000ed8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A6 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 010ed3b0e27148045307138c4682789c8ec5720ae611d98f02784d382b678693
font_02_sfnt_off00011d59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D59 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 851dc214792f5f63df0bd72340013242902ed192787e7e815836ddb602652311