Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a870a4f39185efde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c8d02385146357d780e1efd5f639b674 SHA-1: 924257bd664b54c744c0b12d1a708e0eaf0df0b6 SHA-256: a870a4f39185efde0ebfdd01fc16b14faf8ad6f847204cf21ad25b0dde824381
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF itself does not contain readable text, but the heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=books+recommended+by PDF link annotation
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t883qnmif5hgaajkp4u5mhqh0k/tufuxurewoferuwulamezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8mc9897b8chbfrn3v9f8pqbkj/zajinosemejejopuresazoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/72105637976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72166eab25---tupaguwodixiregife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/tigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/63048673539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1706f0dce---valum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab9172532e299b9152327653e0165c7a/wawesesepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf4d5b5irdiqkc30eavji8nlo5/kewisenojoxasabesaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/658aaf357659e0600fe13e97b65f0e6b/gipuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463a59354e---55992970333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c445851c4d99adc5b57b5a72407bdb62/76066954389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/63242341124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65476595039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0450ee214f---xefapakapobizikewirabole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2d2cbe9313191db91fd6eaa5b121934/nipumademudalino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03060456120881478facbf80d34f65f/xateziwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/bavivoxivurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847813c6ea4---65701163546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c39a98b2e7---13468216704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/36949434214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/fumadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f7c544202---bidezegi.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_off00010976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001218d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218D 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 992f83585c12ccea2d9c3c9ab0923ac18aea8428800fb144ef97aa6cdfa88738
font_02_sfnt_off00013994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13994 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 23704bb35500556e08a0d290a7548dab3adfdd0f9def5b19b282561a1e74a87c