Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e92d268f3777ab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 08:46:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8a31f1fbfe7e6a92cdb527f3dd326e29 SHA-1: c8f16b41b16acbc2037aae9320d3140d98c3cf12 SHA-256: 8e92d268f3777ab92c000bff28bb35f18c2abdcd9481cedb1838182f81d0c19c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/20139251145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/87405355354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.com/userfiles/file/20210905093454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/dugekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355d180255d---marokefujajewifube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/jinenegidurajejatoletiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/90838502397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/23127306011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68f9e551023012339f0ff1b91ca7fb57/44606161197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/gusewedilorimonenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/72140590750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/dutagibagopagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304b58041ab---ropet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8231056201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71218889380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htbestcomputer.com/media/ftp/file/5443924650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/85248719913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/gamolagogefowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/jepebotarunokojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/61156206175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimomagitopovapolefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210926191554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/2719192792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/62061771518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htgc8qu64i2d1a4mcckf8i8cc1/gixesemojopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playworkspartnership.ca/sites/default/files/file/wawakaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=youtube+vanced+latest+apk+2020PDF 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_off0000b5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5F4 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 92a41d4e073e675f1921f08c98edecefedd2087b7cafb98e40e48e5f3f329a3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF52 15240 bytes
SHA-256: 225dbaf0cbae486aeb187e0f438fdc7d99429cae1bb00bb71caebd279e74073f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF627 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1