Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f0627480f53abb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 17:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cdee7fb68534709d468015ed3b1311ae SHA-1: f0be0c63041cd8ec1d46bd30878fe4769d1e1243 SHA-256: 8f0627480f53abb1e590b8f4ed9a3e0462306dd4b3389e880d459143701672cd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, with URLs pointing to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+required+for+aerobic+respiration+that+is+not+required+for+anaerobic PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7613da50123a5075fa26c5ef5260160/1294197325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crtebnc2pt67mbb5s75i6i00d1/wifiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhsclassof77.com/clients/c/ca/caa0b9827732345dad94809623212052/File/17956631946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beb6045ddd30859db777e0f74f535312/saxadazezovafetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ion7qv4uh64kh4vjlpj028b2i/82752400729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107b4dc3534---71560318962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d8d88b61ea3a72748b9ab834b626ab/zazirizewage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/40891915789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e7696635358129284902a6030794851/gefuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0f776db40---jaxezisowebakeveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67c079fd4b---jiburuzolexukitasive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6f4d6fva2nae7s3shfjvaj1kh/94307608757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/vilufiruwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpms6kq87nl4qntolm3hq5dpr4/sutijolipuzaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/51594146250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/37580669340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/magir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb23088ec6---livexesunikoxejurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce89c3618a9---62740514140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///90016858636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/91200246146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16rkh4p9mamddcjqoh9sv2vs47/72459426551.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_off000109a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A4 17380 bytes
SHA-256: adcd08ac976a672f64bf4c266cf68507c813e27a4082b3848edc808083074536
font_01_sfnt_off0001372c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1372C 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 8916113bc16423008b436f787324fbf0e19ae33bae71ca2dad77e2c8ba111981
font_02_sfnt_off00015073.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15073 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1