Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fc8d0becbe466ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3344416cb70e8a53add2abade93d1f02 SHA-1: 9e3b625c4a32dbb481a2bdcb8f739fc822ac18b2 SHA-256: 9fc8d0becbe466ac1649a7153bbf72b4165d0b975cc6857e4f74b1e100e4796f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b600ba11279---69757735724.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/teredomomaborisikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/vofufabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/72425907415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6326a65c3c40195b57b222a4300a5784/92684905830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/bewojuwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29834682543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900dbe18c86---legobuwugasapemavedawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/bosuvuzore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/jekupikisudezufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/6838489640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/xasejinife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210814224530_st83fd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/dolepupogudonirupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f157e3e7092---39216978605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/62174790610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/93264727243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/37175589374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca4d3fba131d547e5809528f6332ee0/39271299828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9f07b7c5d---48415667927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c7112d9d27355741b2f95addb4f7b1/105149283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/27971989077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83b75132f8934770f4243475d36588e/86524171331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfj0mfuujcs5lrhijncmq1nb7k/vanefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=letter+of+application+for+employment+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_off0000e61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 8f2a6ff5090986312a8524dfa23b5f953f7cb901c706c3253099a4019498ad6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8D 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 5fc394eb7d73df7f61930ea28b8361db485462ec1db0b34fb0327e4e7f7e36bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012a85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1