Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8104026a1c9cb2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 00:11:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 702cb5e55002bec489c0e74cef900d29 SHA-1: a7cae1408f080c513c5dc4044be40cd402c4808a SHA-256: c8104026a1c9cb2eb9e86a02e1798487d29dfc228f609b12a93a0dad8dc8ba52
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's part of a larger phishing campaign, potentially using embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cara+menghilangkan+status+bar+di+android PDF link annotation
    • https://avistravel.activsport.ro/userfiles/file/bategigogetedatatoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleni.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88167362648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd3cb73eab32269aa2c48be4b1b06ad/sepabevuzadezorulut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39800207243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/tixesofakodomagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patchworkstudio.de/userfiles/file/velazilatotufexeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifeteacher.tw/uploads/files/202109110043026783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolphinsolutions.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55720810454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75816572630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850c68121796666447520db8dccf405c/69863596056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabopoxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/fetokupimigixasasowoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60213581223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2bc8b7257a954c87ae0ca0e94c8da51/jubetanegupuxetubuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/70054815923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renouer-auxerre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veloxivosewovolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belstroyiz.ru/img/file/37415632825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a89c8a55a6---66896250849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/redanapisurivukituluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/nabavododev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/wagonezuwaxusuxinezovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/54727230253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f389f3097689a0149b7e755f51e4c344/89651630748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventuraholidays.elladatravel.ro/mm/file/18727847815.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_off0000d61a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61A 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 6a708a5e6b86d029ad3960cebe7449e20e7d52cf7472b9ad8575dc589c5c4bcb
font_01_sfnt_off00010366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10366 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 19b11bda5561db6fc07252c3fd2f4252b1e8a078c683491d640802f9f0e7f2e4
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1