Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f60891c8c197a7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-30 06:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e8dc0c3aaa8738239b682773db65a3c2 SHA-1: 76f75a2ba9083e48a63974415879db00a70ca16a SHA-256: 8f60891c8c197a7bab0c41229d4a01b411b709c5ad28e6fc9bd62b7ebaa25243
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. These links are designed to lure users into downloading additional malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/63929544652.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/kodaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/106a8a10df2c27fa8b873382b530c662/temitarotuvipewubetinizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/xexunulavagaxawujufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_B02398E9EFE37C21.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1a60e39cf072cf6afab1f36f514588a/92405648894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de91709951c---jolimimipikibomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/vapenorapodijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54849666070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/jezovekadirovunaxusomoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ciuuc197hl7bvomdis3adbmbm5/kexawifelifojugarefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4539f8e04b---dogalonulavumapitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c10d24859---tuduxosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/74695479522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/69949908448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8a6daec76---kisotozetalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/7817112472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b13b41b06a---22885100992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/felegipaxiworoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/33327854460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/17899638269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/18537205820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beffb7cf037---5120556370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54917852479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/91167369540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4781092e---46077025182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+classification+of+carbohydrates+brainlyPDF 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_off0000ea59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA59 10820 bytes
SHA-256: cb3b2dacd11f7739d5161e697687dd5b59f2b91bd84257a34e22b59bd685f5f0
font_01_sfnt_off00010348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10348 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5A 16560 bytes
SHA-256: a7c3032a609622615a01a7d4275598cfac8085c25effff0b65c4b387d671518a