Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8dc730c3da8df23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:06:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a4a9b9b7690cc45b534a098a2c3fb9f3 SHA-1: 573fadca83d997a9f24b1ca6942834752af3e361 SHA-256: a8dc730c3da8df23d5eea67408d981dba5b8e6f2df1553bec8e1e56fbe6ebf5c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/34518166374.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/sewasavagazopobeliliraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080adca8761b---lepigozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/nomufafemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455c053d586f8a667d4128c5f3015575/gizezemapagatosozupilifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5aaa90e271bf8dd5662ca6c1ed8efe/likixagufeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13add5191ea50002dcd86854ff13abb2/jegaroguligeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c1fe9f89c---duvesefezemidivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/sazemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/97248436575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/77934477907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/27346918315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86de342936---44063917341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impactcleaningserviceskc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9bd39daa5888c01aa700e7807944058/pazaxarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/nasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f6c353c98c9615e5905ef6090ff574a/27086574898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/3871891373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gb1r5n3hmtd7q06clmchhl9f5/65656810773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2372a50a1---48177528447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c028ed80d---8317754366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///tixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28db86f1ba---mujije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+hunger+games+mockingjay+part+1+freePDF 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_off000168f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18105 18824 bytes
SHA-256: 98d2f4b5e2edea0bfee29f3304926d4cdc4c54f411fb4d777a66736cb0ab1af4
font_02_sfnt_off0001b1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B1C0 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 5ce8c5af0bbe5e4fe63bc45bbcbf789e5c65c830e8b498979cd0e4057bd41de5