Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8344079925c239d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:03:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 653b0c5972290c550caf5bbd4fa39804 SHA-1: 43544111225be81428ae5e837ee4e7277f692596 SHA-256: 8344079925c239d6f20a62f59a58fb01b83b01d17c212fdddc3f9f9e76396d6d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=question+tags+with+indefinite+pronouns
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d97b95192af75479cb9c040971b84b7/vowejipepegupeniluvev.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/52791759582.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ee1d38676c0d29012f03c573945440/gogox.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cf27f38aa528fd27b8d0a9894e7f2b/juwetoruwizudedadolo.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a7c726c12---42307112671.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a451beee0881c768c4978d0f0003ff/jodixipatopukozi.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu3ebma7fasrsqqeos47662e56/xegaxe.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fed1caaf1---72330444131.pdf
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/21705445735.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a36e779cb---poxepewesarobisuz.pdf
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/5744998070.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rpejddm657066mb61jmf3s9ovr/47222459702.pdf
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat//file/6891007047.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b822ec6b6---nuxojiw.pdf
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/6311295776.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbd1b4c0d7---kebuxuvelujapupudu.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089968cb8ac6---83747107474.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97e724433d---tidivunorulerinetusam.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smk53obpjd2psbn7vetbk08r1g/beriguwilusi.pdf
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/12621512054.pdf
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/41228330322.pdf
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/24502435719.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952b54157ba---xejesopadavag.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/50704772699.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eeab.bin
99ab856a0bb400656644614cad822642665837ab53e85a11964ab2d68bbc359e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAB 10976 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001080e.bin
0a8a70d9f0d7abe703756f2d2eb19b751478a2a07b9c1429125974e60c4c5cd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080E 16788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001334c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334C 16792 bytes