Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b10fb4caa9ceccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 17:46:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 65d0869e5df7c041353f1869a4c428b4 SHA-1: 4eb514ec57f3417f0a4d0876e0e5a6e3b5749e40 SHA-256: 8b10fb4caa9ceccd5a006b15e30b34e0cc9d4bd9b424c4cf446923311cd20f66
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure align with common techniques for delivering second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44a3b13ddef6ded327f270e2f723bb3/37352271836.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798ea734bfd---25850624600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4cj9d3m88vgftci5il6njuqq1/33320914671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/53390319102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/pexenarulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd9549651c4232f83fe3194fc413283/sulewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcf218183f---ziwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5c376e671---46808272598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/xolamonaperuxuruneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09068d4786---28604336889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d88e16f66---zoxofodatiresanuxibezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f5dbc5a35---90027305506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/vekuroxunugulejuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/10163534450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2df1b273260caa251efa79555accc8a/tinimepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/vexelefetilupefijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/povixigipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc79835f9e9---rumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/dusonokowolodolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac10186064b---56880132812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/42495219020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/getepabilikawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842ebcb6d91---12332461130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/jolegurutavupewatote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=anoxemia+achievement+guidePDF 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_off0000f1e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E5 21988 bytes
SHA-256: 3df5e21b79a809e8e46842ef82212e27dc01f9427c1146476cb20fa7982391e1
font_01_sfnt_off000128c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C7 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 78a90b32faaf6b2cd8302fc95738d1d15f6a88ba99523e0589b9827b70c1f7c5
font_02_sfnt_off0001412e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1