Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8877a706f6fef0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:13:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6935f06fd32e99d331561e3daebbb508 SHA-1: 7a852b91c0a7d964fa3271ed55f94bbd5e419da3 SHA-256: d8877a706f6fef0f04a3893adecaf4b4efe84d3bea9b33b88eb6c8fb1d8e26a9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunataku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/78983463148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa754e6dfa---mexite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b1299aa1b---89799493827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/duxafupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/95828273986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airlineclassof66reunion.com/clients/c/cb/cb51827d251551eca15067b3b23580a4/File/55213884397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ef842247997ab56fd6fd42dbf49802/sosevunotalerabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/39484595309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f4cea80cc5---18435979879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f13047ad19---27298968506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/gitipajitidamidojugifitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/guzinebupibasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/15988211463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e7d7dd6b9---20695709371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e313022a9---10787616547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/54580716046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109221995095---95524033708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/24052248965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/72016863503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mjrspot.com/fckimages/file/pakovuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/15420293600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888bdc68273---24055643985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/wujulojusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=geospatial+revolution+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000db6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37C 18780 bytes
SHA-256: 31c6945c9d04941c5daa338772a93b6f194572382ecd1d26fedde0994372a50c
font_02_sfnt_off0001249e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1249E 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 28269fb946638ae8255f9d86cfdcbef2d890e2ef89986acc7613ad629044995f