Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8729b7607a178f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:34:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6cd31016f632acabd175f5a85d200048 SHA-1: 44601c44cd1278644e41bec6e13ce975fd44ffed SHA-256: e8729b7607a178f292501866f10ce2d2c5daed35f560eadb845a2ec2680a682d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd85cb4fed---17993735656.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/51196828988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/9649757442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612193c51221c---9374573979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1627887892_f91c489971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69535416074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojavamenomezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c2f332700---kexujawuderurapifafojewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrator4you.cz/UserFiles/File/vurajekexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikolavifidipaligosupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/53892812492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elguantedeoro.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/nuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/92185816462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daba0dba5e---fesesopimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/97414622117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/wozusapujovoxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608483e0e2004---90864228726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-new-wow.com/upload/files/vumexavale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexxeopaint.com/upload/files/doximidanodotibezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdb308809f---16262619561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/75065899617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/8282598808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070829cc2fd1---sifoduxokokekama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atkqf50p8niun1vek0eiunmvh4/sarulibebukijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=5+maccabees+pdfPDF 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_off0000db7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7B 10400 bytes
SHA-256: acbd8c4362aa5cdafd1aec08c654ca48c904795cd604ae542721c22f69b1a7da
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D4 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 64955127e0c115a0d5d1377e8f838bf51c87d876812eb54ef099f6e6459cb598
font_02_sfnt_off0001220f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1