Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a5c22fdd43fadbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:08:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: aa3d665650e7344e6e104a59da4e006b SHA-1: adacbe4a14719626ae22fe5f96aa94891c32230f SHA-256: 8a5c22fdd43fadbdb82c7909fa3456d712b565fed83442ebbbed6152c74ee98c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The embedded links point to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119b87c9dcc7---2053307544.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/97019159810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/zovogewisafativibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d52b9bec8---wigibidatejoxewusavobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/toplh7k0cp52cp062li3mhimko/36114602827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83873278825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7596dd3c34332a0ade41212b8c050de/93642629926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/29502783104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d14b51ecee4d5b07ed8ba03de4f152f2/11240450442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80f12b30b55262f6952f1e54850122b/62648158863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/17302568181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/50669956293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f68267d63---pisubezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210604155831_127446741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okun.su/upload/file/64995886352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3jllgpi6i7qrio65nokeqk641/57059239357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/90411800437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9d60290e3---vidijewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/vosanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55903059767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loterekita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/91016021729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq14oklocn29gbtl2nmgqrqcs2/21990527785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=applications+of+laser+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_off0000dadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADF 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 937a336ab76fe5a351167a43323693b366bf97c59658ad6e435b9f643b0035ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000f33a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33A 17052 bytes
SHA-256: a3aab1a9ea834b8d5ddba76204b67a37bc790b8579cd79f5d38d46e1da07a199
font_02_sfnt_off00011f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1