Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d7583767524532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d2c8de8626cea2ffe36203a651d598b6 SHA-1: d2c7e98a7da9812a0924cfeac81ef800968944f8 SHA-256: d8d75837675245324348ad8930966ccaf23354c2cbc76f644ee7236339530639
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+movie+download+for+firestick PDF link annotation
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/powudaketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/mevixexibesapigefizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18902f2a5790e610790f54f5667aa89/datutonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6edba97d966890dd144271a04796e74b/nirebogojamedomafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210605215114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldbell1965.net/clients/85689/File/48586246680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delshadian.com/public/userfiles/file/39988861330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a411283103---75454295538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/47797921698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2178813fc9---vakoriboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/dezonugovokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609975b029e18---87051493066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21b1d5a22f---momubukazizibokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/turenifofojagebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://productosole.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p51uih6mijjouf9hdejg7tpdka/96322620792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2073263838---nexotaterituguvota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/34729558066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/danusuvejagejurijitusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dd3010512---86775281401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h348n4pli992vmo8mhm33n8qnv/13915107761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/vobaseziwuzelapibo.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_off0000f8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8EF 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 3b15f0858b79ae2e7e0eec839cca287e5b8c47c55003b5d652dbf2f63bfafe36
font_01_sfnt_off0001125c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1125C 16816 bytes
SHA-256: a1c5a4e878edee3a8b107cf384c9af0c043a53f8a56c639116b6dba78d8c1f4a
font_02_sfnt_off00013e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1