Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bb67f9990c6deda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 17:24:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 6f3323cb53538e8fd9985358a30808f7 SHA-1: 59e55533cf051125d755132f1c092dc4ba71cce3 SHA-256: 8bb67f9990c6deda3bdc6eb2f278bcd5f359efcd2ab208cc1a1b50573683d0dc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with several heuristics flagging it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of many links to potentially malicious sites is the primary indicator of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///nafosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/33548499594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/69687848669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30861d63bc---5777258844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusajivubekifiponigina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/70588989076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/51627502809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/19327023801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/33003438132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevudubexoraxiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/volapavebusavener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ashclmsefo4hfnihgduoucknfv/rufuliwumuruvitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef054959ac---nolajemiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8fec1d7f9---vinotepegova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/kutotavegimugatemujine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d3688cb36da7c8e85eee9900d4b20f/mozarujutizilasuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f1f651763---31881147927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abjglf7ijlhc5i5mh2js9gjcr6/24329851806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc8a1354b8---nonelazuwogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731d6f06e7d---50022735256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607194f211a6b---52294211973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/2314009468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a86298715c30cc5fb5aca3faf778d814/86395702201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/96143835796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/nufanasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+6+oz+of+sugar+in+cupsPDF 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_off0000f408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF408 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 5b1ce54888b77356a2ba70fd6bb26d83ddde9bfbe08e95839121f69e598cb5d0
font_01_sfnt_off00010da9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125BB 17456 bytes
SHA-256: fe501abde5bfba9780fd68c4c3a822720a10485ba5c8d1da1b853d958b0fed39