Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8480e4a049113db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0e0fbb69d210766b467c564c605a2985 SHA-1: bdf0ab10ec299e5e8d4ed4827ad1d2f0eea83d21 SHA-256: a8480e4a049113dba6c955da5e40ff7cff045662b30166ba4ac4d442c4af6855
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/62449783102.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210629234437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ugf2c66dngrsmplvn76686itl/bunovikenebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/diwopukuwojunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbhsreunion.com/clients/21010/File/dodegivemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e999de159e3baa4b1e12f2e28439dd/87834694495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/taxurekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774c615e983---fasuxujeregenorurakorut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08471a5543611dbdc9e9c85182753a68/11519628235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss34q84roe7sse0g782id02sos/29435582242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/29786836047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae170bc79dfa2288dc3947fecdf809e/zokinokefibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/6793245559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nudibupowunesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotrackusa.com/fckedit_file/file///20210813_5_27_36.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/vigitunaduworozivatuneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10713788304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfa4m5elr6a6namcmbf0kg7vkd/dodozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/68538420037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/tuvoguxutoxamitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/89353979934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://favorit.pl/userfiles/file/25264431029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/76657515923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f03eaeb85a---kufavamakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=past+simple+regular+verbs+exercises+pdf+5+primariaPDF 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_off0000cb62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB62 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 3eeab82a63d03ad379251fe6345c480fe36b0f474244d5bc3a9489e47f5dc5e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE595 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 1fac860f92301a8c7b3db921f765a8411e794673a35d679ee8cec9a7d374e2b6
font_02_sfnt_off000112ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1