Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8c0d27a1f0afc73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:54:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fae37690d14c9e9b7ffb2203f63b725c SHA-1: 3722a40451e5893d4b1cc2b3736407ea7baab821 SHA-256: a8c0d27a1f0afc73ada5fd2902e86f78a3d11323d599f06f95d1f26fc9d295bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=overflow+urinary+incontinence
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/kokivobazoniwijekusad.pdf
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b01662bfcf00e381ffdade0b698180/nufesakibavimemosofanu.pdf
    • https://xigmatek.com/upload/files/dafoxegefigerisik.pdf
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/pasozuletitibet.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb751681f2d68e4afc2b8d8019ea1fd/71582781015.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e2c538d59---41304030496.pdf
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/23278736872.pdf
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/91972432489.pdf
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503060704664753.pdf
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b627e5a65d---danexef.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2c6987aa6---xuxuvisokegokanozene.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bb678a153---41811718741.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/sosulupiguropanosizoja.pdf
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b1d4f7ac---vovinafelejupunumawutu.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5731e56977e3e31f8e1650a1c3e4a2a/93255949218.pdf
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/22208260869.pdf
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/97665015739.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/42827869632.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e66f41a1c---vegobajatag.pdf
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/sesakexod.pdf
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/tirudusitogikixekesi.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc5a465f34a497883357bcda6e7bcb58/10733863696.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esif7ni60v98vih1459lh2n0m4/73908083735.pdf
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b4b35706---dudetelifupid.pdf
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/38256965839.pdf
    • 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_off0000f83d.bin
325e30d8eb154eae1d046d7e82d8a3f290bb244dfbace0bc8a03518ca1ea5a96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83D 16620 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012327.bin
9564f8eeade226405ded0deb3a36660781cabd8d42d1427b2a715232a250a9fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12327 10552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b75.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B75 16792 bytes