Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b60c4d4719836f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:05:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9d1abf70cd89079057f558196f196079 SHA-1: c4ec7170ffc5f3bb8e7f94bccddc61cd69bd6afb SHA-256: a8b60c4d4719836f5d7014f8740986fe64b29a2a41add69f7c28e88d9befe585
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and evade initial detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ometv+video+chat+app PDF link annotation
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/87186001230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19e943ff8bf733b01c15b37cda0baa3/kerutamalikurijita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1631235952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/zukuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniontsg96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejakinixexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/duzimexodogikateguvimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d27ca2b26d---xudovowitoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/nelixurudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d65b8d04a7aed95f557182bb3dd2c4/32676459259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d5dfe63d9---83036579134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bentleyplemtech.ru/userfiles/file/50989518012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/ranatumineremamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxomufuwubozapolefijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8222894433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/tugigopapituxivoxapija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekawekovefuvusenuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touristclub.in/userfiles/file/46108559664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/kikeredujoramogidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4967057017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/34514161415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keystoparadise.com/userfiles/files/32166107596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/pinidixabonixapitotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilbasipromosyonu.com/userfiles/file/20369394183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db10493dd9---81974136749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdc940dbc6---mufobekukikelazumuv.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_off0000e500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE500 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 2cf8b0dfd8efc4c44082ab2bddafe169aa3c4b7d4dcc1c68bc7f74d9f24546f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D3 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 45eb21511b33686e527960cf9d52de36db6e55ed87d85152a94213cd310ff298