Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b8f3458c1a68108…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:52:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ea9d37d2f376ecd383af269c3106aafc SHA-1: 5b1c39a693d8439c603de6f0f174b56699b847fd SHA-256: 8b8f3458c1a6810885e97845235e6dc8e924c764662a280d3c288559d103feba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/nokaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ec2bee258---vipupudamipuvagepige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/45271004658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vutokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81587e09397af3d79977f893b395e315/guvogabulefagekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7e0eef3cec214e14fd986556622a86e/zojubunovofawapaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/pufotojowuzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/49747067728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/fonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bfa101984---bewugiwuguwigowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/fegagakesinumobujazajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/rawapukareruxaxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56763461a39ac127eadddde13d8cb815/77335600142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc23d0e3a07---razituzevano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64154799287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keiganproductions.com/clients/863431/File/95811061635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/12971573780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/besamolazupuwamutireve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/wibakoxemukikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d7139a720---81679763099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurea.se/currency/userfiles/file/gopinerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/musinawasonovaluval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/59971978700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58661406591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndnogof772fbvugiev99a741nq/90557266510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/74247862786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=shadowrun+street+grimoire+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00013423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13423 18860 bytes
SHA-256: e0f20507f551efa38f3e44b0d7612be56b612ea58da4f717b08eca7590934c33
font_01_sfnt_off000165e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165E3 11208 bytes
SHA-256: cda4af1e3175e99e04c9f99177a81ded1804dba3c42e03b80a60bc244f73b69e
font_02_sfnt_off00017fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17FC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1