Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a6833e435f136d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:58:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ca14e6862da91e5aff32fc4b55310dfb SHA-1: f983b0125b403a9803db97fda58f99e1b18f09dc SHA-256: 8a6833e435f136d8aeac4de5becee9bd507007cd8deb34b5fc9229d9a53ecfd5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/takejolefitadigozewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/jemifenujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/lenikavojibosexojedezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsongrad75.com/clients/3/35/35717660c32d3dd9b0ffde8f33a19d23/File/liperenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d134941712ddb672264fb0298f34ff7c/xisetiganuferuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vejuvonalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/zezijujexoponesepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/56247390029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5878e4383---jonolejemokekoregefotoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd65072ca6---fexomulavoratasuviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/38820040406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a306142bf4---lumidizikifobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608168e5279ae---9311495117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/vorovuvuxirileno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/74413496410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/zawuzozebami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/641df06b5c1bb6f2b8dbbfa097cca694/48818378359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/89509939490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/95315443509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ibo0av89k3bg4tcunm9nn2p4o/95380457447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/70809577207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7oibr96sqsadrnjqhov4v8g93d/25006795018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/61855120947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/wunoremiminatipezipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b06f7b901a---jelaxuruziregedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=definite+and+indefinite+articles+quiz+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_off0000c8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8A1 18668 bytes
SHA-256: 0ef5d7a3f6db4517f3e98a30a9a49d972eed699ef72755b2e2ff80c2bbca2267
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AE 10800 bytes
SHA-256: d2fad9ece74079b88823e9a58750820d470fc9c3e9ccb58955e265e9f986f3ba
font_02_sfnt_off00011284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11284 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1