Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a78f77d0267723d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ebd206416361c404225665711e5427a6 SHA-1: d2b2c3601f16882051737ab43da887245665100f SHA-256: 8a78f77d0267723d10332cf9a2a3f3237db5e1deea2d1379516cdccc50d07602
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9858

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/58531791559.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090405931b50---ginebata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/29074390597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/xezagapefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/pasizenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/231920591083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/51470951662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/98739596032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e37b7ef6f9---80229393619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2ca3c8077---10499604825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607794d3e7882---41811240364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57da8640db---34246625740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f30f25087---3072119908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f5233b0cd---firolakaxopinesalezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/10519105184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65f2373cf98cfc89b12b3f0c40cde8a/sevivemevut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8a8d71e5f9cc9d2ad987ef4806a795/5794008098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/wobajukakakefizise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/wufuxatulijopopujofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/66408297974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59615b2d31---88342059596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210714045559_njt122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/mumajidusagubegejomufelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079243543a36---wozava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tetubifidudivijevojovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/kavofavumodazusivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=demographic+transition+theoryPDF 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_off00017875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17875 18952 bytes
SHA-256: 4fecc830298a5b466c491993e0a70036287cfaba97116089dfc6a2eebf90ffb8
font_01_sfnt_off0001a8f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A8F3 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 169467477d2d450be7399b017fe54a95a697dee66c107168ae3a7cd0a0c44da6
font_02_sfnt_off0001c204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C204 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1