Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e589f0425b9870b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:46:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1ff1a04bd83d3b9de26b93650e998474 SHA-1: 130366934c77866b41d5653bcec98dcd825c0d0d SHA-256: 8e589f0425b9870b74da10877293c2ba570c007560deb31cd0f4d24b58bb42c6
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only presentation and a high density of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream and the ML classifier's high confidence score further indicate malicious intent. The document likely aims to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/29935464295.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60733226029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/69190714761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temahr.hr/files/titiwijopawadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/25948239506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/kokonilabovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d30aba452392ce3046bfe96f87b3f2a1/42580581309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://junona.manyel.website/images/uploads/medium/99882338359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujisitigojeduvovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64346323927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/nogusobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/figoxosimitebajokuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/bozomemuxalolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/gafesuzewovudaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/82529495672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnwebdesign.dk/userfiles/file/marunuwaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452f6f78f2f---94361468781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexibivogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/3966009043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suncables.co/images/file/ligukipujotiwuruxiluxitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48809806609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/tekujesaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73647039559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/gimominer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d962a0ca81---vefodenonidazofexofiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=joox+download+androidPDF 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_off0000b05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB05B 14500 bytes
SHA-256: c8a0b32872358993501f76b1413d262074fadafaa65232b81021b0c9a5582fe4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47F 10024 bytes
SHA-256: b4d470b012b5d037a44abb0ddaaa9c5126c3b83536dff6cd0a935b5e6cfb71ee
font_02_sfnt_off0000eadb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1