Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8657f788a0c630e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:30:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b5bc28958de6d1fadb98c110c42ffbf7 SHA-1: e31fb348f8beab8ff8382855c6f3f98027a74314 SHA-256: 8657f788a0c630e72de6cfb575cc8f550b066fcca845e30ccdaeb971561fb13f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+for+grade+2+computer+science PDF link annotation
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/7907730585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1585038a59a60f486222e51a11ac3e/77860059373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/boxubajamexitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b2c673751b150ed2e36fd5e069d387/zanukoropiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/46203727192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/ditabowoxawuwexijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29039ac99a---nilimakafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///54817564153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/31484258298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/vegomaxizopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab1e7fb671ba6c6e3affc5fe25ea6c6/makijinoligoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ktgroup.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95978236513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fm7gjdim2g4rl9mpdj2c72lh5/52569883256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/dumegebiwodomidona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a034a1c420---1479656569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608062f0612c3---faxutapofamubapuwuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852da092c05---dajusojegozekiviminol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/7457933807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93012426665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/xadevogaxulazuxarijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f1e015632f9bcd973a6526028244a1/98274065920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o5f0bcbq8n4ko0mqqiq6td9us/lowejidesewixilise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/43857870183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhtruongson.com/upload/files/2279168780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/rixinolifowajiruzobiliji.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_off0000f212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF212 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 26ddf9ce957b15b2c2d8a2e5190a3c56244be325b351b03ce2074d2bd2c0bfda
font_01_sfnt_off00011fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC5 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 59d00c14d9909534f21472856006dddd260a8d1272bd750b2681e0d501e2a4dc
font_02_sfnt_off00013a2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1