Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8a8c4592da8db83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 10:44:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2375f5b70d37f0a2d406adf32f0fa26b SHA-1: ce65d29de2cb43f5f5d3032340a26c51bc5460b6 SHA-256: f8a8c4592da8db8309623654f64be60f13db03de094e32c1f870639bd4bff5c6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098078f3a2ed---motejumevudi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/67829164310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/31163782644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13ff84d462---vikezevanubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/jemusedikimafezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc7956ae832ab7a533ac5f032e3487e/85883071594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/72494761760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/11001228683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/22696535837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/sedomexavibewoniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebecd1968c---gusumazuxun.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608115a77f675---66002753529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77548712293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/93012130861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf08a96568e---5741019820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084763283fdf---dadimajekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/48038444032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56804660c0---zogadidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/19607105400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/18498429624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f7b7a10e462e8ccb589727a8ebcdfd/furedezapadezaxejiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b9a2d4bc---jinagomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973360d2181---mixenaruxaporokosijenimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cbf53de016b1e55f67eff0e7409b01/nusofivivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/66163422107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=mitosis+cell+diagramPDF 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_off000121c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000139d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D9 10600 bytes
SHA-256: b5368198bb0dc30fb9bd7e71df8131c008a19f9fb2bc3f80ac9c8e8bb7425497
font_02_sfnt_off000151e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151E7 17648 bytes
SHA-256: c636292d6c495654d5612510ce7df87975db00924a848882a9bd8660640173be