Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00882842027b0d2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:27:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b3da6a653967f9ba08ce58c0c0250707 SHA-1: 2311272d1ae17f3de506ee5e004988c6ef05e5c7 SHA-256: 00882842027b0d2e06f4e1b948351722b407aebb6a18c3c0385720360953ba31
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external links and the nature of the hosting (compromised CMS uploads) point towards a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164eed96160---napifowemowaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929f30d504f---gekolepudibemunavawanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateeducation.sg/verzsape/demo/upload/admin/files/vunubivaniwuxaxinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_01B4F88FD748228F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/72388395947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/risaberitonuvapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/xubivusazolegoxofale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86681310185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcer.ru/files/uploads/files/75352461748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97331758585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f801c0e440---xevinododilolijipilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beadsandsupplies.com/images/file/gonunomoxazerilepofelavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinge168.com/uploads/files/20210731020201_263470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a3f74c9f1---18409449215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/zerobufatusage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/59228210661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6800ebc74---6330814770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/2972324415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/7479164803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609180a6b95d0---67740676082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17666d438ec55507805425efbf34d7b8/tezadotemafilarawopoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4974b6d4ad---bijojizijexefuturimetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baybayankaauamo.com/clients/c/c9/c9e0f772d4a556598cfa564a27137582/File/11359403465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rumipebelazelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kadagam+guru+peyarchi+2018+to+2019+in+tamil+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_off0000b601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE13 21100 bytes
SHA-256: ce384ef243aef6605a4590feaabd5967e1772c0a25a24ad0c328d3930068394e
font_02_sfnt_off00010297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10297 11772 bytes
SHA-256: c58ef9a40d101a7966b79e76154594ebd57c46dfbfcffa18ef43e3177b21f022