Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8217309edd3beab0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:31:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4be497d6491f188e97f806a956050258 SHA-1: 2bce29fd1b0c02d7cf591bb72ba3046ccb26c557 SHA-256: 8217309edd3beab0d99124b0d0a5ec6ae4351e039041e6fd21e3bfe56001eac2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and numerous links indicate a likely spearphishing attachment aiming to distribute malware or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emperor+social+link+persona+3 PDF link annotation
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d87a012ca3964f4d1de2e7b6a887940/taxejilidiwuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/35054914666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/11082891036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusovubenobuberubonuxoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/64184384810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/78648465895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/nukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/11656523051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/49510809869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/44949006634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/80488177596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80518701195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/zomenukilogiguwunuwugidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihanzao.com/userfiles/file/20210908155103_1418612866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/gikovade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/jodifudajidofojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.com/E/file/lududiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/49697912013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/sagisumaxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f137906926d35b13d727ad8a013655/38672232303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paulogomeslda.com/userfiles/file/liteposapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://openkomm.yussfone-crm.com/userfiles/file/bewugetupanakujedafuzinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/84146869704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b2250613141599375cff5907a333b0b/wekona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/46922904793.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_off0000c9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A6 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 5f8ff3d9384baa7fe26982a1e0077b321de20334ffe436f00f954a3d9c7eda95
font_01_sfnt_off0000e213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE213 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 23d984dd668ef146017d63cb8029b879bfd0c9ebe2ae338cd22cb272af65e028
font_02_sfnt_off000112b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1