Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a83f9473061a29e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:13:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: a7c9e0d8f4c25eb71d64ba6ee65ed13c SHA-1: 8f3f67a2bc25bd9e5865bbbe34d00d7225712bff SHA-256: 8a83f9473061a29e8e2845611507342205db1ad6bab8239ce3acf04281958599
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 0.9988

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://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/tituvipimogawiropoturam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18957dbd1ef029af1e7153011bc44ef4/petojuterulogowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c8e04b550---99888974366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jornalespacoaberto.com/app/webroot/datafiles/editor/files/12069293676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/57837014803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/31281368551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/70756425978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/97486439298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b825450486e---48017100895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/ledesatajavofofasotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/87885334945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/48879136444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/tovokulusijukomaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabijdefossa.nl/upload/files/vokamunopezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/60613590216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f5dbf5efa40dc9a16ca3e8bdf2757df/66810370497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudisakelalivubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutevivuxutukexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d831a09d0b06f688d3f0ce71ba105bda/pofiwurajujagigaxubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/tojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=concept+board+architecture+manualPDF 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_off0000ff3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3C 20632 bytes
SHA-256: 42ea0085fb3410543adb450da24f4fef573080d132558d7616ffa610f28092ac
font_01_sfnt_off0001357f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1357F 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 7177c558add002c090b663c8df6b1dc4d2917b5b9a0b494144c25b1100118525
font_02_sfnt_off00014e36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1