Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8056e06ec15ccc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 08:11:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 057d96e8f28904397fec63ff5405e3cd SHA-1: b27eef9d465f8406d5bb1ba19bdfb9bb4d79872e SHA-256: b8056e06ec15ccc6d2786708d76d0806c9976bb4147d3b74d16d1ba9224ac114
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dare+questions+to+ask PDF link annotation
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/nazebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/veloxenomitesugovolaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60510657419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9383775385---sozagesulexumepojuzomure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/14871300987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87564699969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/tapavezorikamusolokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95edc5593d599a869e4c300ad24cfbc0/podux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/73316284287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2748a75912---molumasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/64225519808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab04fc9b2501b30be313caa3ba3496ae/98052065625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779b0b29eb2---57105630340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41e8811795---84293014228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1mig2l9vpbi3dbkim1j9m3shb/50676226517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0011df5283b699c3488fd09c7734fcd/28408358881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/74224731805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50ce1a5a8fd09777084b4229169d0e04/somubefonejudebizenizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816926e7aad---25843017480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fb65eccfa34bc6887fb3097102f2afe/52263757861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nr97l6hrui00sunp0nbt57ijh/piwulafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ba9786581---bosimeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jje7m0vubnsj0l59e0sa93knil/75200861871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac33acfdd5---52696598207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ab64f58b6c4585659193d64e519ce7c/8674629719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fb5c3be028d9a8090a319d321760ad/nalebofigolamab.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_off0001124e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1124E 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 70450425a24561169d8f9cfdc2562f2dcc87030e30238ac7844f9b40f496813c
font_01_sfnt_off000129f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F5 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9e76511d389d53c943977c84093f0b2f840bde1927eb642ddb8f136acba85a
font_02_sfnt_off0001568c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1568C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1