Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b6e6b95531e958…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0d24ceb70d31f5f0efeaae53e3a7ffc7 SHA-1: 4e0762e6a50317dc3401b25e545d7c216e8a0eab SHA-256: a8b6e6b95531e958f4eaefcb873e8378962cc013a5503f73e5a78cbc37b4c2ef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious PDFs, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The primary function appears to be distributing further malicious content or facilitating phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://dm288.rs/slicice/file/zobivivutozebevusite.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/11996630523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/zemapovodafenumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/pumaridebuvitutoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099724c391af---donaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/14207938410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2ca8082ae6cfa7799b0bbf898ad802/21057546968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/wozasifolukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729db9eeb7f---xujonifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf30868d46---xadelosozezagugepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgbtc9fn5ntjgqvd2so6vjvhi0/49778308584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d54911fa54---rekemevuwejuzoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/28824367290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/71713570433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c540168f7f7---venogiranifitagemuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ca93470e7607ca977b9079239188f6/20343124691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/64392996017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91a2f206d69bc749fd7cbb1f2edd1ef/tumuzesaruridamaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a49f0a9697e0c3bee5763b36bc0928/wivojevivugipawanunipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37664173474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/fuxemedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/67861950252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ruffwear+swamp+cooler+size+chartPDF 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_off00010d21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D21 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 12d01c1d3b142a9c1b8af5e28e23aa64dd6a6331eb0c26fd2c154f08ad2a2c9c
font_01_sfnt_off00012696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12696 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8d16629c5a575bdba2a9f0478e99e78572545d3000a506127c31d6276879ab
font_02_sfnt_off000153bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1