Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8344eabe9fc29a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:30:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 83983d4ca0c601d6af4fe52667b3a99e SHA-1: 516ac61724e348f68849d3182bf97a56cca89fb4 SHA-256: b8344eabe9fc29a8e45b66d8425e80456284f20526c949d3c2c0f1546adee0d0
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 WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://deauville.ru/files/file/febowebutewejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33333465569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/zejagobinojanawula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e9134bb39de44deea2e013a045ebf5/56270300494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771a062b352---nipafuwetuxena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amdr9h68uj7qnjr5jg4im2k3q3/71009136401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80221336530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1940d32b54---23566326080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/92521408570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69c413e83b---67734538831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3888ac5f3---3690576786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8iq19rqc9203f5ivot50h9t26/25232881671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/siwudolokenakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff0348f17d2d4452433c4c77ca930488/45143293561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/jazewosaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/45158461883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3uk5brf799cksotv5ppfpdn522/35888730205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/jikiritotoguxomukixejapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnt1nsbifthbcphgkirhghprn8/majulalifezetamunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210620144352109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b48dfc5658---dojovovajinivugiwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/36479697972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=good+morning+puppy+gifPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5C 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 15cc3ed83a440ab4128257c4ca458251f17b34f6650151330483639d791f8bd4
font_01_sfnt_off000104e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E4 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_02_sfnt_off00011a60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13272 17312 bytes
SHA-256: b1df73d5566afa1d78314a5776012d1501df9eefe7aa5d5b51d64d6693d78d34