Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b0d5eed96651178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:05:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 50df55019aec6c746b3e52d36949adce SHA-1: 8971095a480e0d6ba236020b5856165301b5608a SHA-256: 8b0d5eed96651178e4cee2034b6e921790b756086ecc8c83c2472444845e709a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the links serving as the primary attack vector to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+pop+up+ads+on+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///23433463911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b03bd33c69---depogexezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexuzomureparipamaxapiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/23266884573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budropol.de/Upload/file/kezedowefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b45d8f79c---xeziwovavufenigekuvaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcpremium.com/userfiles/files/49720430577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65107715787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/83414161728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drosamahetta.com/userfiles/file/vuvefewaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38b020a6ad5ba634e9b3cc9428b1d26/28596172289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/katutogitesozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/57929855600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59d3e041c2c6478bdf2136f5f0b0061/44824854726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/70475005614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/berimovadokosafewalojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30453018374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/lonijirefoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q67u1j3f76diho5p7rpr9uvh76/zibagebegapexojuvaveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/dujokofafobimotunejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/72134276934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/dutoxajiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/kigelazanevubusikiluv.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_off0000e38d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA4 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 3ae0f6970ea90ea3f4cd22325dc0be557105c0bbb57a7c05f5136552e494e5bf
font_02_sfnt_off00011539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11539 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 4043a834013c404495ea6a4e97402c425dc436cac155a74042afe715592506df