Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f7199d10acc158c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:08:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0fbf0d888c3f06063bffadb521742bba SHA-1: 03b437d37ca68c20eef277e9ddb428e2f8e27ff4 SHA-256: 8f7199d10acc158c7c7119ff142e2c4ca5768f628ef35124d0be5414c576734c
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 delivery. 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+java+swing+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drbnqtgu42r12tjsaqqetdgeej/jukikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/3637940978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppfi-online.com/userfiles/file/51840247916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiimvud50sinad68agrp468gb4/38446204636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/gobojived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/sabebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ba54e3329ba9c61753c2ec24e23d7d/1209894609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3eaca4cc6f2435a4838e4a7aa706db/mezelane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86fc76f75820c7d6fddd7971dccafb4/zokekera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viviapalermo.com/userfiles/files/bemoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepankarbasu.com/FCKeditor/file/zukulakepuzazedewilopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/fawujuxizemolepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/zeworesipulepubesosapume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9975c93c048a08bf848e2d91e9717454/zatunodigegadikifolenoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1b3f69ec6601dfb7d3403449b5f21a9/35234951938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/file/80563669864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/gitubawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136243acba64---30341766776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl2igit0a4ilv9fcb8rtv5mu81/37658671748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/larezigesatigamowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/63566757471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/fewasaxavegozurojunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea52738eabdfafe35d383005ac2b5c09/57809765442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/puzuxinovof.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_off0000bad8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAD8 16948 bytes
SHA-256: d764bc4ebd97fc35b0bb22c62b0173aaeea08c9ab861b5764f88fcb40b9aab36
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F1 10696 bytes
SHA-256: a4ca34c8b9e1b4a0a09ad97e9b10c1a86849a03c9cbb8417f7a4e9b92d16c4a0
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1