Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8951b5343cebb62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 01:25:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 579ecbc995dec0b2f69879e49b44f416 SHA-1: 72b9aed9467f8c518102b94b36bcda27fadaa812 SHA-256: b8951b5343cebb62ba0b27994084d9034aeace51ecad606e993ecbc17068f288
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised or disposable hosting supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/98026568345.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/bekidovodubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7994d857f573761b0c2af94390914306/jenotasoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/519198c73f84bcff04853fee3ccbbca0/fovuziwovaboveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwitenufepefasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7qnkcnsnnh5msiadmru4epfm2/57787078173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/42361007260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/lizamivubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7aa9c43b4351f804dfe8b6577daf19c/kalolejaroxajaverete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce965bb8a0c---rajamivulekabivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/34913107044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d952a06bb---82803573509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e766d03e9a6295082a055827f34a8d4d/texozenujibotusuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/20415219608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cf9d255a7---tupawuwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/50106959956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/3526698358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/58910654930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uibd1qo23ro87gn66t1ibpnnaj/pigaveduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105110628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a270b181330ff52032b62f376196d53/zerujetugodosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a54247fd4---38158935116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+app+to+make+caricaturePDF 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_off0000f371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF371 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B83 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 943d13563c891662f83c7025762da3ecb768beac65c00a3dc45d12c55e30a378
font_02_sfnt_off000138ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138EC 10628 bytes
SHA-256: da98cd09afec2c4d28246df4e1943a2756f4e560e32541227aa58e27df7af1c6