Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8fbbe3f1a6b8dac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 06:56:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da890c49d687fecbcc02443c90bbbe3a SHA-1: 4d5d4215e1bbbcb5f1a0f24e5d9f3382d531be1f SHA-256: d8fbbe3f1a6b8dac468e2c33ef6d1e15a9821e246cd454360b584ec0d0d5a02d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. The presence of link farms and compromised upload directories suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination or host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/65749036116.pdf
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021071405095573499.pdf
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923fe425b40---lagufagutategevepanafox.pdf
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608443a573d97---nirujewori.pdf
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khjfsg38e544vuine41l5dra0b/50671907404.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8brkhg0e764i4oero4vu8fam0g/91930704284.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d91941e69---dutisasapidil.pdf
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/1415664335.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9e677bfaef4b223ec54afaf96da8db1/tiwipobodonitepukomitozom.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thc5rd3nu1nn2b7d9c6ahl4sc0/1307314848.pdf
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/60038172926.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3evki93tqv6llgmp1on9sqiig8/85429118786.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27dce74285---kigapizanolij.pdf
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1624355623.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c48cf4b059f6d5d9221ec021521cfce/96516105905.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03577c27d70c30adb4abe76a0a227bc2/7088181962.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d17a030898---pezejizamewojedubalomab.pdf
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/keburiwirizuradikokabura.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c21502db861e1c3b1a13368beb145012/gulokajetu.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b072c369e---bibebujuninapefimojujonam.pdf
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/zomumekuso.pdf
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/vifituletazodamug.pdf
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/28779965270.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41a623fb1---vonusebosadufidazunuxumad.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=double+moss+stich
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119d8.bin
4b67e4231f70d3501b92b4a8f1505b8bdd58d5ada99ab0ed4bb7015ac1f9794a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D8 17148 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014683.bin
04f433ed3dcfd1b3e8a11da3cdbbcc61daa07f6fcee08c90e980f10b479cdd17
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14683 10372 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015df3.bin
6be8c0c042521f5a71df7666660e0ab63b9e07567b17aa495b0122ea571483c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DF3 16064 bytes