Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8963da218f7223f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 03:45:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4ebdd404bedfe227263b787ce4e8566d SHA-1: c0c90c40f0b48a025f8c47ca01ed8e9ef2612168 SHA-256: a8963da218f7223f90c4d918b70c796d24b8e3689f83219f4e160deb7bbe6ed1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure of the PDF and the nature of the URLs point towards a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613900779ac42---laronetizenitusuverogi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/9772847286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/26002512562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/88573251590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/49385611167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/tarepuruledali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c53ee3dc4---gakuwugurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/98212565219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/fonogusetosokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12thpsg11o6sp1evv3id76s041/kilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1343926386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhcvietnam.vn/ckeditor/images/files/66695650966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac32d87079---63561835217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myslizdrave.com/soubory/9906371129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353aeaac9b9---zigofezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89317866803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jazarunidinaritub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/66909144336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/13049539693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/61295033870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/vegulinifatijorefaxibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/75891375567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-9/file/fabalaxexeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/79553591845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinashop.rudy-ra.com/files/fawinitoxebikoruxotikejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=oxalic+acid+found+in+which+fruitPDF 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_off0000b27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB27A 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 571eb7c34ad8905d4bf43394c0ca0672bc11b445b681a2b5cdec4d437e168f53
font_01_sfnt_off0000de5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE5C 10584 bytes
SHA-256: a4e0cdf82864b6541a40c47d9f4e1339960391fb4abe2f65e0b486a00a35ea37
font_02_sfnt_off0000f68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1