Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 408f14bb0b8296b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 826d369970545c71d5a453dbefb06840 SHA-1: 2c7d93467f9f3c83c74a8cab12e2063fec2dd5b4 SHA-256: 408f14bb0b8296b50198453718662f4583a08ff7fd05b6b50f86c40343497fa4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which are algorithmically generated and point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. This behavior strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+skip+mission+in+gta+san+andreas+android+no+root PDF link annotation
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/19425912496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9701b30561---bavadiwesorejimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1865649544---3977862126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/lovitamofujegamexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daeaabcc584b2ec80cd0a05250bc768e/lofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f651be45b8320fac2f5932206f4098b1/1322168350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31719effeb37f1c0f670b0c524efb7df/xawomuminemoxexagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kojepizagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c97464d0bb---17910847019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba551d39269---75392189578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/jurobaganafawebetosunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/66895855051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161057904e3831---54996657579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3adcb62892---31789713611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a675b34f156---vojilesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/043b9b2bb2d803509c97838302474244/zebuwovasikuvikobarepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm9jiqh1ml698p3psgqnksr29g/futawaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfc4d558ea---5597074326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/vemunubumufeditov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/wufofebavajevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/37901503941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f98949876---18228386687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/valofexezukitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/retedodiku.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_off0000f836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF836 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 67d83d78e762a1dba26d713db4c3479ea49bd626ce8cc6f9fe459953bb08ef86
font_01_sfnt_off0001271c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271C 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 934788c8271dec8798f56f791a79c48c9fe9d126d22dcae3d7524a988208232a
font_02_sfnt_off00014003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14003 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1