Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8294d35f89d4b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:11:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 48ab8db43fd788fa93ef96be07398835 SHA-1: 5991c6364220265aa1a3c03d7fc6851462d3e4c1 SHA-256: c8294d35f89d4b687fefb12c694c8322bce2206b08cf021577d39d52fd3ae70a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is weaponized to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=perth+dinghy+sailing+club PDF link annotation
    • http://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/64743213027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/90832691064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/vorosinawevapaxofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/96655828357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijdsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72661163660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kliknetezde.cz/admin/obrazky/file/rolovulipubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/puxisotoxarepijuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb146242ea---goxaxedemuxopunozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/setariwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/89617741535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/22760357156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/negejanuwogetuzugibixotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgnja3q3nre2p6nenaebeda422/58075821554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/41563881790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613913c1e4853---13436649125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/51041003182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/85404155352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/worodifarasugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dee7a5c637---56851195219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9120u16ammbq6jr6ee7vbglv34/zuxufawovurenopotikawedus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56768885078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/kajoxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/bujajarupozidedasuwiw.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_off000123f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C06 18920 bytes
SHA-256: b6b46c59fe32aa7e9582f16efcacf96016e967ef86f912c9ab35aac7cc5c1f19
font_02_sfnt_off00016d8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D8D 10884 bytes
SHA-256: c2da05681f6ef7f7d05cdc258503287ed5f0362e140dd6031b66e2bfd3e2d2eb