Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b220863f040aa775…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-07-26 12:44:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 376afa40d5073a03e0c9252748a99570 SHA-1: 25cd18161cc3f208e79e2014a58fd4f8669a8de2 SHA-256: b220863f040aa775762addb81f7500a9abfa08651322098b39a1544fe230c10a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to facilitate the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/35552664613.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2d9cedf26---25079124751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/79655883129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ad32aa215---7396589757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0650dcbdf15d54fb65a066168a0f0c47/10967769931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99725ff3723f34764ed3a19c19c2a378/ligimerumofutujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabin4kids.org/clients/0/05/050cd0fff5f75fdfd14851583cc0de74/File/45448736276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamanhinhlcd.net/userfiles/file/76581583516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb3ece09a5---vutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89011161752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd4c566e2e---tigifanigomotikosenidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavo-bazar.cz/userfiles/file/dodiletimuzawomogewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/46665658769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/73787861451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f21d04a68---85265563280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3038463639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/xoferifufidatonigoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d5ffad02487f3ec9b8f0b67289b7732/8372217980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/29315226205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50fae069c9b4a9991bd61a00206d31b9/xumemurupekutoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b27ac62e1---22236554593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/72369354214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+did+elena+gilbert+die+in+season+8PDF 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_off00010e2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2F 18560 bytes
SHA-256: e7eb8e8682553c696438278ab87234cf47aa0fa85e8a40cf99c4128b3472796b
font_01_sfnt_off00013d95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D95 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 771435dbbd7ede6f5815ee34b5bc37a828ab6feeafdc7c699bba6a1968cf42c5
font_02_sfnt_off00015688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15688 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1