Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 858401ba2da11319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-27 07:16:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 822844abf887d259e8b7f8f4b0f3ee48 SHA-1: 5354bab2a3c298e3019150be8fe684eb5e3d933e SHA-256: 858401ba2da11319e4e26c1c634230c0e46a8c029ba7a44683668c9c7c8610cf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/zixubazobitenuraf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/84752339015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210826_7A8B7903E10A0AA3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/kibowuvuwezamawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/468090303bb827910ad80477856abea5/sebaperupufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bfdefcebc2bb2592eb58424bb86f02b/kivolizonoxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macroedunet.com/userfiles/file/vugunufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/disafaviputiverepamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106103b36d82---xeguwawubojides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ophe04o5ttm4vp3vm97khu9c0/bifogofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9ebeb1272641a676e2eedab4aaadecf/61896179787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d2c13303eff609465a42a2ef5adddf3/rukodiwabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/30683136801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.de/uploads/files/wutedimowututisikida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/62995005458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packturf.fr/files/dixutugikifujaxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df46588c052909126a0cda01e2367c6d/90270489835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-536514926e84.632.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70630586306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b2ecb738d---69953695876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b77d0effe---15457829906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44f5e08d34---vowaxiselesepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/36088191915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb03cf9a1c6017efdd34373dd06a2aca/87009619662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=numerical+tests+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD63 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 970fc981748248a146d7cb5c11eb48fcecf394d1c78f91e538746d76ab0e1bb1
font_01_sfnt_off000115b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B8 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec0f6eb262a48df2b95541052c69f88b6d24f79878d0d149a7e6220c03e9321
font_02_sfnt_off000140da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1