Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b989169ae041792…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: eeefbb74dffef7e60aca1adff5c16f73 SHA-1: c9727ae0735cbdd9874fe3c063e5aa9036374f20 SHA-256: 8b989169ae041792f615d94b67ac5332dbb284ecb8304e71080405aff31698cc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55a5bbadb5---rodizuso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8663829f2---36953337240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf40b2b925f---riwatifanogowofugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607824ab831d9---23708226827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3a8e05483---woluripowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/susin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vepoxizipidiwizukaketujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myafmc.com/clients/a/a5/a51d49d85de18111a3d718c63a5e5081/File/4865871380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d614900fb---gigexawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ab86dbd5d2d80a7687be83298fca82d/bulikewoxibabesinibelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/38088905824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/88302684916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b741ade1ed1---50736201275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/70189063606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efd6153518e146b97807ffe1c519b98/boginesexiwenipawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23ca3647202bc1809a6c20e619ffea83/30785380697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/82200372334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/kelivojapuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacf114090c---129202277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/81580415073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sc2ebf2q1v1oh6qeblh5qjoo1o/gatipewoxerabedeborur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c54bb09e587700e47470c3d2f8197d4a/77073926284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab867823a9---44182701108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=adding+independent+and+dependent+clauses+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000ddd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD7 16504 bytes
SHA-256: fc4b1ad808cec8fc34f590e2e01188f476dd677dac1bbedd946100b1eefc1543
font_01_sfnt_off000108bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BC 11164 bytes
SHA-256: b44246aeb8dce0ca1b6c0e53deccad2fbd8021f536b0af6b8add1410e26e9de5
font_02_sfnt_off000122a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1