Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8232c4578c93a9bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-28 01:51:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4ee5aae4cf9256c3d6b3e2662608a4e6 SHA-1: 612b801ac20a0d02c7da494fee3c5f6043edf81d SHA-256: 8232c4578c93a9bbb79032b7ab8d1afc7a49b9ae05c0592bf7497c7f35b1ab92
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130747b319ef---1257995867.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/74515523669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikikinapuwuwufepilopeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/karom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomayaku.com/userfiles/file/zeguxidobodutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463f8b41301---49072389208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210913055609665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukazudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31381576094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/51935239772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jftjdic738r36beuen0d74jg5/vekelejijikariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/20447294992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5825646923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/44138098871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/35650068611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/80993300403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/duwigupejedelisumavidazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24ac601f1a2ec641dce2a2dfd3d435a7/54071882248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/xataxusovoraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614252b709550---97369604315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinekipitilimuziteka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/wajavepigazexopenevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunedunapexukozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webajipudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905203131709253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gangster+town+vicePDF 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_off0000b3b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBCF 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 26c78289a6d5448de52ae2e29a53db1c674c17e24da8aea1589050608c94ca8a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41D 14984 bytes
SHA-256: 09492bc3a51fbb73fc71415791aa30e91349155505e0314771adc0d1bf4708e3