Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8f188695cb1d9b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:18:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e25b39b29870e41759648383241d2eb1 SHA-1: 6e500166332003a728c298ab8b18bc7c5c801dae SHA-256: d8f188695cb1d9b6a276ad79ede010cc3918bddd643e20e92ed57ba1ea878b1e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to potentially compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+best+rooting+apps PDF link annotation
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/jatefevomokijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixowipigulenogujimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/24640360991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/17118031494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/2773672189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70269695584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25300918099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efe290af22---zuvoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/jebulaxumopabarafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oolong-dining-co.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/mipexekokalesosuwonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khunghinhdepphuctin.com/media/ftp/file/87479894289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7n8i43vcsmba5ou9i5rtl8m1t/mirabeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noavarservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97702158357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itagqatar.zajeltel.com/itag/file/files/boziwuzadaferimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mybyblos.com/userfiles/file/47136098070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9apoth3agf5bpp65sr9k3lle6/xogikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mweb.cz/images/file/74365604046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/8423983290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/diwezotepexozibisuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/kugubenonobedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/kupijubuxedinazofadekaru.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/31405220698.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_off0000ecf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF7 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 8dc7f2b7ee0917b44dd91bb7d5740322086068da228a1350e471b4d1e024545b
font_01_sfnt_off0001199f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B6 10616 bytes
SHA-256: a006dc7d76ed0c6780b504fc58a429feafb4481c61c2b1f467089347fcbcff5a