Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e108e2196574f0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:43:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3ae70db71fc60bd74af9a33d66eb00db SHA-1: 8c91e82dc7e1eb6de586b16c0e2fa2bd87b56f9b SHA-256: 8e108e2196574f0db81167d2739d3cfe91f8781c3ed7d73d83fd947e5ec69c94
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with spearphishing attachments designed to lead users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/75899018511.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3dcd1468c---72947081640.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608706c1dbd75---89286251192.pdf
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didapexuvonodi.pdf
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/nigowafojaza.pdf
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/wapesim.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbf04a42e8---gafewubi.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a8908538f---45753271351.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082604f82fbd---69486910769.pdf
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/sekafunupugunifurugan.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d37c67e0e1361658b9a19966d00c370/35465939808.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808ed26c57b---48896078603.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbdfbb1e223---5579795477.pdf
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/zidimotimomal.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798ed6d8f7b---ronul.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609112373307c---tupub.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cd2279b46---vewaxugilutuki.pdf
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/73834217959.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/486b04ca1faba7a6abb2ef1aaeae3a40/jekojesilugoxizimaxag.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6402890c07ca0803c7020415e79610c9/kujatugapu.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d29708b60---kuneduwewudotadi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=why+do+you+think+you+deserve+this+scholarship+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbd1.bin
aa8007595b72d009db4bd063ad85430dabffb41e0cd1f9406cef4849563c16c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD1 11060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001159e.bin
914bf3580b79fad81df147fee5a5e369c3eb0df4300c843f593eae6bb143a7fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1159E 17296 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001427f.bin
eb83fb48a2f60ac59fad768156047f025764cad4052c8f34695a9c8dd2456ad8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1427F 16132 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000157f0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157F0 16792 bytes