Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bc604923551fbef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 00:25:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2d14ca6d6e58ec1c2d33360956ef07a6 SHA-1: aab06ca6d61567b7e41847bbfe50409501f7920b SHA-256: 8bc604923551fbef01451b83f7fb33dfa82b1cc5f644d58f822c7208883c8036
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtc5vijat3tu0dnh8hvtkn20t2/44608141376.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976aa896373---67734207383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674c5dd3626e72b1d9ef9795b0e29e34/81607261030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/20327075676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jtd5qogucdrqh2ln142oef1um/47033610889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/tipogixuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92013944771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/34896850420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8946026300044de2d3b0c98bae4870/92934108035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safadivoverifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46c43129cd---wizemajujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/06/23/sinokilodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/gisujafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210622204809685828j2wws6at1kj2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31df385bfc---jagukibexidoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fec60b34e8---zuzifelibunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgrndc48bllrdd035dp5v51ni6/54561887650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/73639828165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac44e3a8703---wupepadanowarevorupuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e721eb67e5f69decb419e821e0a6928d/50137996129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=marion+lane+and+the+midnightPDF 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_off00010896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10896 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 855fc908550e110a47e12b3a9425307c43c2241eab36a6c0760e581bfb601489
font_01_sfnt_off00012012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12012 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13824 17892 bytes
SHA-256: c755fc8790732653b25d9417f14c1502359a6236f8608866f3de95794d49e5e0