Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d2431921d4e555f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 22:48:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1e54f5848bb0882fa950e88e62d3997b SHA-1: de874e1eca8cb4dcf4efe59154c82c328bc0d478 SHA-256: 8d2431921d4e555fa1ce77ad9db0cbc8205ad6022db0bb51fba6b67c95a60c59
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 WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or credential harvesting by directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=employee+attendance+management+system+project+report+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14412456152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdbee47976---xebomaxafosidizakugusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/57136293042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b958ceba7fd---60382013015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/59825662541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandravanshi.com/userfiles/file/51545895228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca3c607dbb---13587948811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/zigidoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aohvcjapnlp6je1o3p4js7q0ii/19394585741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/84344859605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b10837d829---449155138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qirv9npsqib43n6mkv4ouuplg9/15781628076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/magezajemobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/51048374160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/dorutinusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenthelong.net/userfiles/files/71132717869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24d785c220da5e16c6bcb88c90570ad0/vewukupirikajuvadekale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/me7uqb13d5nsoid4fjnuj0h380/57690722621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/sodimujovawelupeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b6b92e183ae0556bbf141001576eac/mofizusobegivali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/29530617632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/3774816016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/dexigigotulosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovegiremibaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/35479952965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000e531.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE531 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 68cc0e905b3af92d69cbea7d76bd688826844b70a9e85eb92446a9ff2154061c
font_01_sfnt_off000100e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E8 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 2d5e0362672b946a2d1ede641dc805d68471e2fad67807d460ef0f3c81fea9f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000143bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143BF 11096 bytes
SHA-256: f06823746fde546c36150dfda5d2aa405911ae4a9c2ef8a4159a1764e22b1a97