Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1e8e65523eef88a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 16:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 6494d780923246cd30da1a6511cfa958 SHA-1: 229e39f99b301548b2616925e59244016dfee428 SHA-256: a1e8e65523eef88ad9083709e576b5784e1d2a4b78178afa48661804148566e1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teamwork+lessons+for+elementary+students PDF link annotation
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/peferegukuwupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/vizowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf92rc6668qrf6ao8elf9a0473/73950280465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161438d3ad49b3---91853475299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/21448367172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/devikojokalemomemolowexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginkgokatsugg.com/uploads/files/pisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152f6716e130---15830877931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77520242749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8233134e7cd441c7e7c86c059b669c08/pubadiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/13976268350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powurexumuxojejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/86379874438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/jobolikuzatijexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paximen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/28991486988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f627c71036---76095613700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0954d9f9dd3a8631509e00d70bc62ed8/vopikusidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decorstore.eu/upload/file/94912487447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/nobulurosasovobasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehnfeldt.com/userfiles/file/38180128826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152bdec92e61---38120917670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubbiz.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/fuzax.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_off00010cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBF 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 74c55fc648fc3f9d1f2881bb8ba17316980e7f088e5f36baaf7e3c5bf002d294
font_01_sfnt_off000125b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B0 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 0dc4baf2f27e58e66cadcad9cb154aa618d06c258332c07cceac5d5126816301
font_02_sfnt_off000154fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1