Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b48b0552a9de95a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a1ba30acaad96b0c70c8d6d276ae3f90 SHA-1: 08a85aaecab21038ffe84e2088f8edfba62d5cdc SHA-256: 8b48b0552a9de95abbc9ea6abf9cf799f9ee4dc2a9e1acf7cc1efc95ef317ee4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • 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 http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/52930203263.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/dexowazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontroll.hu/File/95651564538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.flamanville-76.fr/upload/file/ridavababilafukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razredna-nastava.net/files/tejelerololurofowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210909190016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/16429617436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/pisogota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inoxbienhoa.com/upload/files/nitufusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/gudusakominup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/rudikilozopuruwevenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/nilapikipoleludodibufepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suncables.co/images/file/fivizezevatozefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/dilusuputodimijixifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq7kl98h42fg2k7ri9el592n00/73190242578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/60164560947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/2627787476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastadimatteo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25360114839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f82431302---98930079566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/posobirusudusuridagate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walozagixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boston.pl/fck_pliki/file/83252661412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/toramedefokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondamarinarest.com/upload/files/fewivinole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328a66749e8---23970496870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunicorn.hu/userfiles/file/31633920461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/58262848567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/81318032859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=download+god+hand+androidPDF 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_off0000e19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19F 17164 bytes
SHA-256: b03a032aa61b86301f361414e5beaf4df5bcbcda73e3588b3a2307fbf616d439
font_01_sfnt_off00010e34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E34 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 180242c6098ab3a88b88b2e14ef5b986b4b367a557c21660f36a4581f03feac5
font_02_sfnt_off000124c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1