Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8ac6e48c1d21f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 15:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ff0977b0c1ee1d24dba427b2d02c2223 SHA-1: 90621567a3a0175bf9ff23eaf6792fc989cac2bc SHA-256: b8ac6e48c1d21f175d678c5612b20c8674ba236745e8cba8bcce117008247e3d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=obey+9f+gta+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/40630949307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a70528b9b---44087869092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officeharbor.com/pdtInfo/79350015416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/pisavaririvixadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/95028289883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xhiehchin.com/Xhieh_News/_file/pabejopijabazeworir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazesegiguludovoviwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/67782057567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/65042854624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shturnev.com/files/foFKED/file/rasujezuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolalananukevujomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/jazegezutokegewodonobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/zoxuwunuwomosibowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95bdf039cc39bd72e958f652195a3857/78265313946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lomukevorewiluseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bcedb3a01---67505118819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_7B02C1461C8E4B3D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/loxabejugopezegivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atvatextile.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wonizesutuzumedudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/wekulikajisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/fanelabatotagivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/62737528173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islenapuntos.com/campannas/file/83563995689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/60570381110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d264c64205f71c5646243ebc18876ff5/12767685680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/vunaxedu.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_off0000d7f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f00c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00C 10340 bytes
SHA-256: cd688dd41804dc312c02136fa4ca71b28c758a69f12fbfaa37c308f22c407f81
font_02_sfnt_off000107b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B0 18244 bytes
SHA-256: 96023f4f9cb991b1850bd2d4660244d88e7da1a67fcd9dc2822bc57e34fa2283