Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8e04c426f9f6353…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-10-06 03:34:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0bb81434102bd630baf1e162de204d5b SHA-1: d78dff5e95992d1c743eafd6fddd7a3a5748b100 SHA-256: d8e04c426f9f6353515fab480a14bc1bb95105ecb19d819712656e7f78c3473f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users through these links, potentially to phishing sites or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://basar-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/7540547292.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/gojuxidisujopevanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/71067563536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615c93817b4c4---1780639043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawanmto.info/contents/files/manimanevare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kubermatkaplay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31146358298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ce13b4a91e---pirinowidowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naso10.com/userData/board/file/temiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/rewonerejegerobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ceramika.pl/userfiles/file/9072358907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4daf17f2b---15775141306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minisadik-margaritka.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getikebazovodebelasugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/5938014567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/gufivujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/22021269921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/fonizukujizila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff5af95b790b56d4a227386999875dec/11342273731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/nokumelakuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalbafitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/31086817367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/99813246093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/54080188437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/18797825348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109210449324030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e87733a16---6822846252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+word+freeware+softwarePDF 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_off0000e247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE247 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 40c6e4d5a96fe013720c8ba829a369358858fc2824067f99399ac7930de778bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA86 18476 bytes
SHA-256: a7fef674699beeb502060918bfc1bebfeba6e2606843798d06ca490bfeac6b78
font_02_sfnt_off00012a55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1