Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8de9c169554049d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:56:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b7d91a11639923e5903309ca2e290a0c SHA-1: c6ca924378086fe6b565d60eb27da4251abb8140 SHA-256: d8de9c169554049d1a23a3b4256cbb533169cede6980d0ff9b8d33083169dc9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics fired, including PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM, pointing to the use of link farms hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gynaecology+%26+oncology+specialists', are likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gynaecology+%26+oncology+specialists PDF link annotation
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/45175279798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/sumapopafanapipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/99236364740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefenokomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/54784789988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82323214694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a12rd69m51meoilvd65o1kep/pubotovefepovobililobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/49336732159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/28571727289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-25/20210625174314811774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0a84acd083---walokimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haileylusk.com/clients/e/e6/e6412a3df854040bfb282c4f37eddf02/File/50567335210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/sazogujimobozaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/xojefilisopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/75310759670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/rejibekudoweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/73318741541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f3f8bd091---futob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8858ej20thkm37k2p92t1iup60/zagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989f94d4216---86408241229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/fovusotiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ce8559e9660bdd43424f7d7456b212/89910384158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5120a5450---refifoweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/kipobitekixopifatibojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31640478729.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_off0000fd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11577 10096 bytes
SHA-256: 891f8dd30e8740b0d83d5301543c2d178a6a5c3ec1edf51f0b87ec6c5a84b495
font_02_sfnt_off00012c18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C18 19524 bytes
SHA-256: 7d8c5b591b5ccf9febd41c05c72ec41dc47c583c0ebda621bbc730dd3e7120fe