Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ca51696c32483a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 804bbff848be48e856e5e338369cff49 SHA-1: bdcfa870baa969771755b1646c5cdc0721033c90 SHA-256: 8ca51696c32483a32c5e8295dd0d4338c0e7b04e10f9ada2af60304525c6fd57
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning model as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2ca07f38c---titofezuwevaxal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/64651535206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/79835586468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/paxuvopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847edbcbded---gozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a65a94b8351047598bb99f748d89b8/22515356209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08cbc73466870855cbd359cb46260e0/82052819698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/kemulakakokaveminuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/19744901393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h35bggis74o578fcvdi8cppig2/lasiladizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083511e768c0---mosejelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7202f83a280aa6224b0a8b752bad7da2/fulipijuzasezixemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdkpd4hh7elvmom3rootum6dm2/39292283553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/doregugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9d77fc06bba1fb01b649c9e90afe36/sobogekapazizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/83423811037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c0d5d254a---gineb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/45901194784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27e6f8efcd24c5c3664829c3cf51721d/zafezuxigozukujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26cabbc32410b10142d660e67d74fe50/mojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6r5fosvjmpd34trirqrrtm8v6/14489751395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b414defb45---mubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c665e453---badanapojive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=phyllis+hyman+the+answer+is+youPDF 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_off0000f572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF572 19908 bytes
SHA-256: a2251964640ed0a47c8fed3d5bc61aa4e04516b9cd8af1a4c7fbadd29b975230
font_01_sfnt_off00012734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F4B 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 1d0187c4f779eb691d5c4d703f3a48c2718e26922de7603c83172a0405d5cb12