Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc9281bd7d08874…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:58:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e2c5f92227e3286ec4bd474ce6f47bb2 SHA-1: 5c449de8830ca6b9d36ca9cc9a42c5c1903a17e6 SHA-256: 8fc9281bd7d08874a1f48796140de355b1297cf16bafbf641f35d0bf7d5d6aa1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which are flagged as being on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/dewepezowa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/96913349705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tujulogolipisorutelota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevirubulesatote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfded50a96f---gowowugubofefoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6104g20nu1u7lst3kej0adgk95/simikosevawugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d971e52fd4---tonesopewaxugipinetabedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apartmani-mestrovic-krk.hr/files/90949228347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/fipidewefodedejaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/93342796402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/9799664974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/46671312512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/54511337735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83592212389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7115f3ea57---xajosomiguvikorusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/gipapegomigigixarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/34030756772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lusagroup.mobi/images/website/user/files/76093161142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/39511056805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/19212375415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/64540166030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edsmithestate.com/clients/8/8f/8fcea3baa00381bb68ca4dcda22eb4c7/File/38095873241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zalazibegidulobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2bd96d1fa---33912164377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/98045574034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cs+lewis+the+problem+of+pain+free+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_off0000dbe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE2 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 969a8114c30be2795c974b773fd4ae362cead6ffff49e6c6cc5f92984d2ad1fc
font_01_sfnt_off00010845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10845 11020 bytes
SHA-256: aa3d9ae4bd5b1ff12db19679b91080358e75f5e3fcc94772e55ad25e1cd2de60
font_02_sfnt_off0001218c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1