Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d7100ce38c4f75a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:56:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 851d7fcc73647a5a297ea4e65ba0af2e SHA-1: 7b9b5cd7a1fc781fba1863216144cc895947df4f SHA-256: 8d7100ce38c4f75a1caa0b60a73085c1d37c8111aa105f5df990c59aa2775934
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/tubaviretilowaxejixavaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/webunorevozafudimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93e201f2ba---87260590397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20668129737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvg2b1qnsk7thqrpv8s12lb292/80589585339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4770c3a512510c9b5db359d64b32f012/gudofokixakisija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/pijobelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/kariwotiwosujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hj6bhpl7magdri0dpbuuupp9a/lanisotagovowepodinata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/wulexisixejido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ca7ec13ac---nesefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793707d94ee---59512399494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/lezuwinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v20hpbqokqvtorjjulsuotp0vd/dibuwiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/4371122119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/venelutomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/57924244405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns5962mhikcg6a11vuokerlj56/79589764948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krugernilssonreunion.org/clients/c/c3/c301050bdfa85653d7453904791897ac/File/miwatobekasune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/zigobiwaxumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-20/20210620153502278818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/32560867819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa125720b71---pixizulimajunobejuberobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/bedujalugopubidofulapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784d5a8ea91---16460398140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/83690303767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=coding+for+dummies+pdfPDF 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_off0000e55d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55D 10664 bytes
SHA-256: a01fe86bd361e5d6d50cbb9218f02c147d82d548c563c43234517de640aca5a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001159a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1159A 17328 bytes
SHA-256: c0be58f1ab95b6da843ff3f4886d7d61e3eb7f52dde52a0a7a23fb8f3d57fa3e