Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8899f6eea076825f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 48be2a65cd68218e24b71467ce6cb9b0 SHA-1: 9af50d0db1f1be3cc59817004eb24507b522aecf SHA-256: 8899f6eea076825ff4e966d9ae8b8f5e568d095d97bce7619b2f0d72eec7e20c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious PDF files. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=historias+de+terror+infantil+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/dozakirame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e80bb876a---62079776589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0813d95f7eb3afac617f27c20b8aec/36091366596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93934146c522521eca26e0b2e9cbf572/56860104760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/zawasewitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/84222249548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838a7fd586b---86316756138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dea7cb372b83869dc56e44ff7ae8f3d/vefunesodivoxuzatadarelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/250047279789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919a1bb2304---14871690119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtrva4k62uvmiaf9reo30c59pj/1380892790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/zagufikesifivirosutewekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28b8fca43e---26154196245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/rudenejozotunebukobozunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608606ad6b320---wevovizepes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/43095025473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b161375b85b---51086976852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k83uihojabodmju3hlj3a4med/96666809463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/27888481378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12088318112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee13da4b1bca9bead5ccc5eda480de17/fepubigij.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_off0000ef6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6E 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 596a75a2ad8928d4a8a49fc7d01396bf4387c2330fb72071dbd333e347a551e0
font_01_sfnt_off0001074a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074A 20084 bytes
SHA-256: a892c6aadf6341e4dbd3ada5296f20b135e6731088ac98316b787434e52bf2c2
font_02_sfnt_off000139f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1