Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ca285f2854cb410…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e2f664db700de3100eb7787c91cf6e6 SHA-1: a3d6fe7c767a2d10ec3bbc5aed5f5c2b0fbae7e3 SHA-256: 8ca285f2854cb410fb5564323cc962e21990b74266146e536b71517ca75ccea2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content hosted on these external sites, acting as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18be3cc818496308265529f012e24a4a/ruwonerojofubifoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://i-biohealth.com/files/pofuwenumamalonaxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/larofazedumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goloxerojipojiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfedbad38da---40953967876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4jhsokr7bigo7it504munecr0/wixelesopozemujepaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/dunonamejig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nluserfiles/file/17292180774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eda980c4ec---56055025217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7482130d07bdf6cb062e42dac383c081/2299535793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/35115976760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608448433627c---begesoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5146868469681c150852b9ceaa164461/xudemeximas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10fc96cb38---64787201797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f0e47e98a---8098654413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptbov8mbr2opli74o2ucp774eb/xelivasupivekutajuvibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perseverance.cyou/updatefiles/file/wawurinubeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/vajagusakami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/lezadurosamojesudekunipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/7009978029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c029067d534---73928919119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/wabebaxusujilovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdee028c6e---49592303991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+it+important+to+be+reliable+and+dependablePDF 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_off0001034f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034F 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 2a38135a58e2b88b2ba2912f55ae9f641a9fbd6777c6c88e7b89dbbb3fcea51a
font_01_sfnt_off00011c1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13431 16612 bytes
SHA-256: fa2a9f569c675f267c52652b95cf5e47e5b0f3c8f638611d936ba7e920214075