Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8d8dcc231729691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 03:11:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a2e608fca774364087cd3a71082fb613 SHA-1: c6019ff6d798eebe71ceb107665b07c61d73f4eb SHA-256: a8d8dcc23172969175c4fd6dcb5bc0b845641b2bc00c9ef23f26010efcd5584e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic points to compromised CMS upload storage.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medubapigajemifoluz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210908063134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310130af108---mupufifunabidofeguwedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/tepanaxekorekafovozima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/38365378442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/50485112662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/21941746444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sauminandy.com/fckimages/file/zabuxojuzagoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a059b041ae6be665c5c61e6ceef7daab/69956107289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmktj4vf9td0cdj0getn450knn/25017908741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/jiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapraptti.org/userfiles/file/44903376009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lepetitjaunais.com/userfiles/file/zobabupeduwivakixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/375005586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/kudoxedusoxapetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210908030658_b9t2as.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///godirejorarizufututon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutfm.com/resimler/files/nukitekefuxisunosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/kozudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109040715524304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f14a3468d6---mugurupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/wogodinukuloruxodijuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdon.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/fipusabutivusite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/vopopotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=convert+150+degrees+to+radiansPDF 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_off0000ce65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE65 10780 bytes
SHA-256: e4a92b8ac3e33aef1f0b0a3074fbc560dce6f7d0cb602cc62233187d3a759ff2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE746 18164 bytes
SHA-256: e37a468cee9c6f012c19c918c66a520452e7dc677d55e75108a74da1de9beb85
font_02_sfnt_off0001165a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1