Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8873edde4a1a221…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 04:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0e52c0711f1b8f2183a5311381487139 SHA-1: 50922a36538b4915f4aec008552fedb1b631105b SHA-256: c8873edde4a1a221356f78708acbef37c7ff6b25a7604dffa5901def72e41c3e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK specifically flags a link to a PDF hosted on a domain that appears to be algorithmically generated, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6dedc7244---8681930600.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/rofinulijakomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffff627a4c---77897982861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d4d680362d7cef65b93e6de4473ad4/bezavewugujinezipamikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/gopepazonemiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/5735320071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/regana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/6922551682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7b5090d98pvor45g635n2i7l1/70605358689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/fowafijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/33161900107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grhs1983.com/clients/72571/File/rufosuduwetotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/fekesatabalarumin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5c0ad9aa5---65996460212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/51465725073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/28179574303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/tewafimawamumatewobekifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/93863478756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a584c69268---riwogasipunoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/72402008361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/gunubiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/52708717045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=en+que+consiste+el+transporte+activo+y+pasivo+en+las+plantasPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED62 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 9648b6d6e67c31d4a9546adcc76a254fe9928dc5be7641c41e1d19481492abac
font_01_sfnt_off0001065d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E6F 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 09901ba9127a1810ae12a6d877ff53274fb8067d43f7ba37cee9e0ab0193caab