Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fdaf794253350b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:36:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b9f610da7df856872d785f060d1e450 SHA-1: c8cb489506213c08a789408f5bb74c77ae1ca5d5 SHA-256: 8fdaf794253350b72430b119bff81cd5780a3ce6eb6da2c9bf23e034a59c7473
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised CMS upload locations and disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://byecook.com/ckupload/files/21325559876.pdf
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/35128270873.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f252a6ad5c9c4db240a8ed63691ebf4b/zirafumaxovusetaxa.pdf
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/96525385730.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr8gkab51489eq3cg1v84d9ctp/vorezetela.pdf
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/wetiliwofilowo.pdf
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/jujawe.pdf
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/79152720113.pdf
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/lutipen.pdf
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/gazelexozejajikukuluxudi.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c98b2f643---97783713203.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61adfd0ec3b53c8dc7609303e02e4d99/53617468832.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7veul4br4bj62bs5lck9fo2oc1/lanunudi.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48ddeef6f10827fe8334e99a8bd8608/zikesepemuwezeb.pdf
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71098782703.pdf
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/xivovuka.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3dd74cd95---22622298779.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/64691676880.pdf
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/jasesisudoxenuz.pdf
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egipi833ohu61gaqed0f9em5u6/belomamokirova.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0783uku1jh701td7q2uii2f97/26930622346.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31add8405b8e87296f0b97624f957743/wobekofefoselemedamoke.pdf
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/71012414681.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a52110b541---fipow.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3551d171c0a6db69e9c9728a5ab8f910/lununaleju.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=machine+room+less+elevator+pros+and+cons
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee96.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE96 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000106ad.bin
692dedb3791a0b0180ab505d738fe32f0c0ade87e9bb6f7d50dff7fc6e9b6aaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AD 10840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f84.bin
067752938e25b40e99615c1bb766ea0f2e93e21d67f19a8886b04502179c7ab0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F84 17668 bytes