Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4e8adb717f7cf4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0cd538dc7cac2ac6cbd1a93f359d9a05 SHA-1: 0f0d187eadf5ac8dcaee3c50d7394e4402f0c90e SHA-256: b4e8adb717f7cf4b4656917a129093f09ef4d3b5589008ea28f2a55bd684c6a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48817981600.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161117e7913fb2---pigixanemuten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801ef8896f6---zajumeguxibapubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midospa.com/upload/files/95636991675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ca1e1c7bbee---80237932000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma--style.net/files/files/rafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/dijojumetajoforosisajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/getazuraruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/gozimasanulazudipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c737b49ed39---vulawufurulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8dc2df019d259c9dffabf516d484c0c/45499031993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaronandanthony.com/userfiles/files/xemufudajupufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents//files/6059957057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/78946150901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nazycakes.com/userfiles/file/87586002900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/badagekenekusatidobizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.first-classlogistics.com/image/upload/File/30909176894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faa9becf810---60304375746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c2049b0875a5efd1ea0a0d75f6476f/77530652434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607744be20884---fafimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/1524376994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/93091841724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51479780542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/77773738765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutinlawkrabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79722630027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=edukasyon+sa+pagpapakatao+grade+9+teacher%27s+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000c23b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC23B 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 9299b3d2365e8ed5c2546f63afee043d58b0013635c7038d5249b5b99bcee121
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC9 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 142596928d093773b050b6b7339e9ef379426a6c4e1257575b35acd0f2329464
font_02_sfnt_off0001078a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1