Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d77c3c0c5b4fb62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:15:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 445cc15c9edbca3a5d5d43cf1c3deac0 SHA-1: f1152b55c00980f7bf167fd8c78f0b4a4f39dc82 SHA-256: 8d77c3c0c5b4fb6206b9bf26f957622285d99daa9ba290296f771c5e0598d312
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of hosting malicious files on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/72502835983.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae27e3cb2ee---51371531064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd967da486ce137128c16b2aba86408b/jagolutenupopome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifepawiwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a059694512ead7190d040864a540d61/mopujirezebetafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/zevefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3dab24baa366c83ef2aef3896719091/66645321858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579885d0943fb480fdd3fecf0ea2f9ba/xijurulitowukukulimoriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/xokogewagijolebamaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/sijajizizumaxetowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d2b6f20a6---59524730367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/10034865490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c4c805c5476eefe89239b33f31a3c9/77750860066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20a2d0d228---zepapusupabegafumaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/99871796570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suleymanporoy.com/img/userfiles/files/70404108459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57b58eb1800a2e9e6e2aedd631efef0/83006880092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb77751ee---sekawibajuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c90d91649---xuwejebofilifebebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/57223763428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/magenaxujilonisisokawogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/jurunigerisoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=abschlusspr%C3%BCfung+englisch+realschule+pdf+2017PDF 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_off0000cdd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDD8 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 2d4b5b467a02656127f205f42bb0054c83ec97e49a450d0526e4d1c53623c99d
font_01_sfnt_off0000febb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D2 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 8a117870458b2e49fbe60c236e4b93cb0f25c786bf3e16349a0ed48d61dbb5d2