Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a8b14b12f4885e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:30:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 58d8ccb3927a75dd455a32d371fa9247 SHA-1: ea68b91438b4443d1d449edb9bb70de707b6c08f SHA-256: 8a8b14b12f4885e53a425a792020b38461b4753b1f070c75f79a355e5ef47d4e
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document exhibits multiple high-severity heuristics indicating malicious intent, including a link to an algorithmically-generated URL and a lure for browser extension installation. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload, likely a PDF file disguised as a legitimate document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=word+to+pdf+extension PDF link annotation
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/67975801188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80037de9a5---valagavowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7403cee371f8b5374a19ec7e49de017d/gunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/76520881158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbmvvtp60jo7osn8pbbvq2m5qp/10054921866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7d3e92079---90757023033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutubibubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/59547595875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majanorexoxoxekadojuniraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/kowedegajipapanefagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/79043477390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/26774926329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/53374180369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/radubab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/kizudemuzimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/vamotakujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97p0dlfn2foh4t1008gkk45cp3/tunotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17285b71824b2ac5f729121acc399c87/68519920105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/48885394306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/62316185388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/54604353262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF357 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 42c47869cb8921ee9b25bc593b87f80b59d61a02485a7400086eb82033087222
font_02_sfnt_off00012194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12194 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 81cc78659999e6a173750f2d127d136f47abc9de5135e911b856c111a78bc222