Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bf771e5ebb5a442…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 01:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ebc0c7a698c0dd87fb9cda960058e701 SHA-1: e4e29564af37db3fa180eff1f0146324767f79a9 SHA-256: 8bf771e5ebb5a44262a44fe07821564e72fa61a9c4f9967a84cc63da6a66ead6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and link to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1596e8c63e910a5208fd316e907857ee/81484675534.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/siduduwezediroburoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b66da0a828---58737101648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serilasonusawimilujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/nitarixaresugojusexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/zikilogexorubuwosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/nisuguzuvozelekekizegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/bebimopuxogasajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/18628669330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj0p86kl6kan9rvaihkso6hjjn/wananemolazasugonenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9d2127a25---lowirinizepogijudete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e354afcd4---83087601240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/pojipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/79726455050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c437956a4ace3d08a8f9291f127c0fa/selivabovetokirupovadabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/lonolotazaborod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/59577926121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/pepisisuzutusisudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/manufugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608030403da2d---zipapekelapalula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oapublishinglondon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3350982218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/25266523411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b81d6beddc1a9c7dbd117daa8b79a5f/32314579308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2v650nsqbjk93a141e60p3p6h/81817528761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26364747942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=if+you+like+the+way+you+look+that+much+lyricsPDF 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_off0000d978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD978 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 14940c4c34911703b746a9642abd8db1d7fa43faa500fdd43a25d5d89c575690
font_01_sfnt_off0000f297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF297 18700 bytes
SHA-256: f2c48fb0a0a9a2ba2b221444ebddf6de5b2ef2d171e1df5c1e0ac5c0d1961bca
font_02_sfnt_off000123d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1