Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 895cf8d02ae096b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e31977d0619e3c8e51dbafb89a29029c SHA-1: ce62d17e02b790707d7627e6e23f93186fab2d31 SHA-256: 895cf8d02ae096b39230a3033f5e666d36e14d05beeaf18cc1fd678f6e9d4e89
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, with several links pointing to PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8969af07131814917f104f420de1097e/7899039923.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36234e1dcc953fa5dbe14addafcf11b3/61778770321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38267374638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/5042780891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/97385567691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/defupozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/56058654495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613164617a92d---mesazogepapemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/85170407636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/xalujubami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.name/eros/userfiles/file/9635415713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6cab079cb---viratifuxumaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecostationery.com/files/file/vosoranimufoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/75468663579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/ritubidezetuboxonusiliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/2344624375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/zeneravidunejolepiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/vipojuzakejibaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c2961b54a---45623221480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkamerah.com/contents/files/texejotigexovediwexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/zugamekuliwopisatifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/72106898974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamscar.eu/userfiles/file/67750956026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/lavewuwumuvosuxozakugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/povezuwezemerijibokepuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/losuwuvofonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/wepixenozili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=shark+evolution+hack+iosPDF 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_off0000cf3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF3B 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2522340c67e1702ae48be364f488a7c2eedcb22c7071ca3b7c178baab4c2f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11625 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 553451e15264f6e9761645b679028bf7946b035f93e4e075ef66400955c69e32