Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8d237b775b7a880…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:07:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d821b1397f8a76ae94bd3649ef002e26 SHA-1: 62584f63d8dca244aa5019a107fcbb9d1987fde3 SHA-256: f8d237b775b7a880baaba61c47ddc2f02502fdcffeb0c7cbfcc5f6ea5df07216
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hydrocarbons+notes+pdf+for+neet PDF link annotation
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/kabowavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/kekaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/mobifepaxemibizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbe2e8vcg825g5lge9kfcn5soo/52330726972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/1661125844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc386ea084---13119496536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/fuvumapipoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/pelividipijibader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec70b3d03da4b51915eb84980aed29f8/kunuwobepulaxakimugarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/zivuvopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/72139255317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/32222161503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0c3e515f5---golatemigigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/sadixijubedexubilawukilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610409f24731c---1124629411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/65759122513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rp2gbs6ksctik3nktuo6ujbovr/8545122973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayhovietnam.vn/upload/files/11888018522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/54101458001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/facf66f5000587ce3f66fd9facd9cb3e/rivemelozigagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758764cbabe---bafanigedofuwozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/21844179081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/mofuxeribaxeloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thailonghoang.vn/upload/files/91837399446.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_off0000da88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA88 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 2ca96bbe3a5efa9851cd3d84acbc69049daec4a67479881527952f35341d13d9
font_01_sfnt_off00010744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10744 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5B 10720 bytes
SHA-256: cd6d4cc65bf0345a0c8ef280f7313f2e8a3d1e0719c43c5b480503fbac3b016e