Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8d8eee41004806c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:56:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5a5d1beb97fa3d27755b4517780231cf SHA-1: 5ed5b62fc1db5b7693bcb65ad164b0033358fc1d SHA-256: b8d8eee41004806c8a9c8d02c0c01548be7fafe681d8a2f6d217e06fa807d67f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=vmix+pro+unlocked+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fb4b2dff5---dapeselavitizode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt1ev4taufanvd1lc26mop46vq/motedofivomobewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/19300830234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/vobatomulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/58736907003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinixotewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/wibegawowofogezirusuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyneco.kr/userData/board/file/94588846194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/tozifovifimuxemepaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/69913458440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f7b3cdad5---86415886360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/boxasirisukizejaserom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24989998436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/effb2bda939dedbe5b4fe9429864b3b3/49364755129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakov.hu/_user/file/zobewadagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/65690243046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/pajukiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/fomimesejoxekelamidavuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62509538815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614217c72d3c7---57621388127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/17222150808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b723dc388e---54022678356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21625489488.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_off0000d7a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A2 10672 bytes
SHA-256: affe0b239dc67a0e9af301d1ca2901de136935adf972d9227b2937b28e7c2e93
font_01_sfnt_off0000effe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFE 18468 bytes
SHA-256: b56d88a7b5f5d39019197ca320c54691df84bbf4f2adb03b35b6c136978d8587
font_02_sfnt_off00012043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12043 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1