Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8816ff4203d716b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 03:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 36151567b826cad493328ac3971848b8 SHA-1: aa1887fd1fbbace8c73c250838cd1650743a8641 SHA-256: b8816ff4203d716b90ca2fb11d0fd5a47079ac3a3caf4938f5888780bbe34e7d
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it contains links to compromised WordPress uploads and a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of an advance-fee scam. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest it is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely another PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://kingdom.vn/userfiles/file/72243548735.pdf
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/86884089891.pdf
    • http://nscenter.cn/upload/files/dokipenodowazipu.pdf
    • http://hortherbpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/50615885862.pdf
    • https://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/vugibikewumonaga.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/40928593788.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b78ba0ef4fed9578e89c5ff79c6b10ce/rixife.pdf
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/busisil.pdf
    • https://tanhaithanhvalves.com/quangcao/admin/file/lesisimoxikekoxe.pdf
    • http://studiomanzetti.it/userfiles/files/kakefi.pdf
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/3996558868.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dml6cjkgmsg9sgt4mifgo92soa/44204921801.pdf
    • http://hoya889.com/upfile/files/20210911070604.pdf
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/winilox.pdf
    • http://dainindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/62935049882.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f0a9f29a8---litabinij.pdf
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/wofafatonilir.pdf
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipupafusuvob.pdf
    • http://nexxstep.nl/userfiles/file/pazujifazirewirobulumiz.pdf
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///wufagapeloxipujuz.pdf
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/21782016013.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338f377d55c---1811898087.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ec36f9c2823e12e183ee0ede675b23/33081030018.pdf
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/jupogobosutumemisagazozot.pdf
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/31871113878.pdf
    • https://bccphil.paramedix.biz/uploadfiles/file/53034184584.pdf
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/demizelunamoromopirazok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=android+tablet+keyboard+not+showing+up
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc13.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC13 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f425.bin
4929e45f7f1a7f18e76915b1776b3bdd78349535047e263e54ebdf90b7cdf909
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF425 18756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124d6.bin
71f048a8ed81d9ce0df58159f7fd59079b2bb5a9f5c8f9d9ca144d0d7c7d6883
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D6 11184 bytes