Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8adaab7606dc8c15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-10-06 02:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4344fc376a5352df227c18a5eea761fc SHA-1: 566d7acd933a604349fd376026d3324401f3f289 SHA-256: 8adaab7606dc8c15e0b44ea9b2f88ce45ff1ee686ff87947db422574511001ab
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a QR code lure further supports a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ibc+assembly+occupancy+load PDF link annotation
    • http://ger.versa.ru/documents/files/sotogibuxilavutoxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/gudelamapozibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/73410340152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924075443334619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/visivigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/ratimalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66838073991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143eaefdd065---bomozufoginevobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/77426657327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b915f8460a83f9712432278efbf7a5/nuxapofigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/xokumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaan121.com/uploads/files/202109130604472788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44914950124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/viberilaxojipufogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/96232715266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/xojuvijopipije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.globalnautique.nl/upload/files/bokowidefajizupagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e22198711a---lodenilanowarizebanili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letstravelforacause.com/miet/assets/files/46084891823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyneco.kr/userData/board/file/29933889624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74441953089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202110file/2021100218242770554.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_off0000d9e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E6 10692 bytes
SHA-256: bfa4cff791f21aefb25fe748392efbe59bfc217b211cc708b48e4874febddc2f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f23e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A50 19556 bytes
SHA-256: b7d1b5c1ea3f49aa0db119c5579ec7356c60d37c1894c41366ec59583048c67f