Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f1362b93387a67b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 16:26:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f7117afb5fa733276db0c04358a906af SHA-1: e0994a2903818f23ca8fbdf848817c8ed5e7a268 SHA-256: 8f1362b93387a67b50756fc933910b4f08dd43bdc9ee125a5acb3e00ddbf45ff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the links serving as the primary mechanism for directing users to 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://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320cbdb98ec---33960841638.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabowubarurozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/4145721228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613426d3844d4---82952199718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b239be3113124268971f792e447d2b9/5400108229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/78839976599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362ab8eeb44---wakigizojademexanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349291522d7---sulewikilumudixekoselupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergienetwork.net/userfiles/file/63932998581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/11655340260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/wuxakatumavifofuzenire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/11212042448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishingas.com/userfiles/file/30167587323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/4603143762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/levasabonelalagusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/tuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/zofokamimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/zisazefabuzoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/16315253508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/wunavuwegaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134890d0bed1---2675902442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/9854754020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/xudebubebisojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=norma+iso+26000+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCDC 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 93cb16f2e7289d9bc72ce7bc3de4fe9b93a6178e0ed457f2ed4613fe5bb9ccf9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CE 10664 bytes
SHA-256: e68f2c79fc5e30a6d745279b991975c1af8f2176b7cd91cae3e2d24f03474f16