Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b94ae42e25cff65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:19:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 562594973fcb079a2049d042c8d1e6db SHA-1: f7bd93466d7182e8b571f0df7ff6796613bf7dfa SHA-256: 8b94ae42e25cff65e3e98237bf2ad57184f90027a67bdf4e152e8cc360a3a53b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on WordPress installations and point to PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using a spearphishing attachment as the initial access vector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oqdkenu9d7d39g3nmgojc48tn/19972754608.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc98bd85c50698010bd698b0164bf1b/54764452780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h12s965i6kv5t43jhcuhejg1l7/monumagugepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/89313340216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6be87ceacd---goxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/34172451493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b72bb9a9a---wijinogiwabeduniwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/72711527304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde571d4d82d258c21a3e24d45fea70b/suwosubetivovofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/kulegojopatemuzore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6roe6gu05d7cs31fso9qlvt7p7/20382971574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/miridunatelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexoxorunugozamarexabuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607372386f650---wabovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36c06f1cc52ea25314cd009ff8c0304/74747036578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed91d7cef0bb47807c625f6df4c382a/96962428958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gs36d7vlejji7b0m8mopsc40c6/4144780790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631f822b3c6dbcda214feba91dcdee7d/87835542639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608388b84b968---25466389814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/98368965204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/180315104768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbedb0ed82---18167303860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5hb1ok6ubmacasa77g8oh9mb1/febogifatufenofodinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+spider+man+ps4+on+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC511 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 274e2ca297d32820f7f58dc32dc787466ec1c66d8a7ad895c042635c2e23d14a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E1 10620 bytes
SHA-256: e7719bb3b199c2ed85cb928ff055b00f6c3c9e7f125fd357aa19b6657ec0da15
font_02_sfnt_off0001092a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1092A 1760 bytes
SHA-256: 478d64aad58a46c60a63c2bd6d05d9c39068b35528f549688063ac651822ff24
font_03_sfnt_off00011185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11185 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1