Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8086d3bdb0ef6423…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 06:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: a7f5b22203a485c698e8b8f8dc899996 SHA-1: af4c26e2ae92fa63fc9a5349dc29fe93ebd51982 SHA-256: 8086d3bdb0ef6423fe176c80e70290b5caca49c150a40c72f6f463d49ccfffe6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded clickable links. Several heuristics indicate the document links to algorithmically generated URLs and potentially compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external links points towards a downloader or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ken+miles+gt40 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.mmd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15315064758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/90081570534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210905150522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/welidilevatajidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/larizori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam10.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/19824709050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/kuzebitisivejobuvovipupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubesonaporalogefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/bogoxegojeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/lawozutemotiwosevomifeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/27829011640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a53c1eef89521af8d195740b6f72472/26232996523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/tuwebevadekuluxitiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/4747214260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n3ss.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82849844990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/fomiwazetijojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.cityplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58454337733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b1918bd6753376aa6892ff06a452e5/94362748445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/mobagosikalupibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupelamiri.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/ritak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161471ba33efc1---ledukesuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funstore.dialog.org/userfiles/file/nalewexole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/tapekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/dipuni.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_off0000aee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE6 10260 bytes
SHA-256: f2c0704fd56db8441a2e5e8297cf85bf032dd62e2e16c52d52356814e2fb1595
font_01_sfnt_off0000c5f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5F5 14356 bytes
SHA-256: 9ad0eb801050d785d7905974a252f39ddef4abfbf7a96797e6dd825673743879
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1