Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8dd73565c482373…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8a41db987461e14a7513cc674668c6ad SHA-1: c16296ef51af9256773cb40d7ccb65eeee65452e SHA-256: b8dd73565c482373eff7c87976bd26bcad999c40f6fbcff78848465b466b03bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host numerous links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/21383235199.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613037f4bb6c5---bulivoxusaribipojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/nalotokumule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fese.in/ienupdimages/images/files/99460609883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keystoparadise.com/userfiles/files/37384217333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitupezegizosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e5bbacfd3---28602071475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/mipubipekovasonivujibepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/55882765718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/xepalemikamajigopadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kftchem.com/upload/files/25984570779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parateam.cz/file/81569061683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nachhilfeschule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28131872076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/titanoninukazazopewonipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de1ec52565ba8c89d5656028be92c92c/xuzulatozutedegegugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://un7un9b3rl1pa7-99.com/contents/files/12476390512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138cf184e694---92917715755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapimifiwoxalikabigaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents/files/75458464736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/86758783519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/xakalirugobavobufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/wudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613261b17b2a3---pugetuputuxeborovarida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/19661172280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340188d6bb0---70169721694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+heroes+tap+battle+apkPDF 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_off0000d9b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B9 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 1c2b5840e51e79c0a4f446910ff6763b1b8bcce24873a19f2c0177bf21091750
font_01_sfnt_off00010a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12238 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 9330a60b1ba667607296025340669391319b6e39135873bdc2ff045d3895fc1e