Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e75d65de70bc899…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 06:29:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2c541a8c68823181d0754a7bd6e30211 SHA-1: 6547a977400db5473189aa5aaec1f70818d13d11 SHA-256: 8e75d65de70bc89997a849d242cae821be83a9e9748c6d480d297f9344a17f13
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification further supports its malicious nature. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall pattern indicates a phishing attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+free+sims+4+expansion+packs PDF link annotation
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e3a85d7ab---25072479119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313b2c6db93---nefuzosemetonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/sewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/kafugorogugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/gijokavavevilunola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompassztuki.pl/Image/files/sasopalabidelorijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/18038555911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144778a1963c---72178926940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/44923220434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e354d2ef9---44420140644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/99708932818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acm-medicali.it/userfiles/files/dofekanufokurujaragabivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/72742122433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/balobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16326424881356107549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135837130054---rolivitiguzigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e7ebfa088d7c7f3cbf4ae8de15245d/zugesiromatejanosipofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/lebaliziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150ecd4e1e5c---xesovaberosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/pixagidajidorajiboxawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f1067207c---pesijijonijevedono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/mepepozokaruburemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/24248063463.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB517 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 195765d40806064144451d08d0322567edaf6d16a99390b94caa2f18790ce782
font_01_sfnt_off0000cedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F1 16656 bytes
SHA-256: eb4e769e18886d8fc6b7eab0252c73149f3846bf8027af600e25ce4923dcdd4a