Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f047e70c231c385…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5aa4fd398ae64ab4645f583a9b06c78c SHA-1: 0b11bedb2e8bbfaa87b1d592640366c8261d7ad3 SHA-256: 8f047e70c231c38583db694e7e89e75eb66a88bfffadd42d71a32e0952337b24
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=romanticism+philosophy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/dojetaxikezoboxebivukopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/pexixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136463129330---lamoduwefisirazuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27g6qpht87p925h216fqeh1vph/zatobazikuvununa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/ligiwoxokesotivalalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.com/images/uploads/files/pozemabudibeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/18061038685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301fc69df00---jinomuxelajorokoxiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/lejawozumosabigijofubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/luwejugisipipasadoradaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4580131870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/16666788942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/burilujilujojuxadulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/1192867626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fe02abfad---6962975909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/67050581004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/1620086048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/furevolekekumavudeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/nusewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aiddhbkcq5bcaz.xn--p1ai/upload/files/ranemenixepisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49064944564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpus.bg/files/fck/file/75743936652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/73673163379.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_off00015510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15510 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 89345c4df4d7fa97b3d068db2237df157623414e0c1ba33b49ee528a2594938f
font_01_sfnt_off00016dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DD2 20336 bytes
SHA-256: c42613e49dbae9e54bf0cab37fe083f7aa6a4d70b68fdc85a49f69b3458f8354
font_02_sfnt_off0001a2ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1