Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8e596902f09d010…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 11:43:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8e633ecc251b66bf7fd14b0f168e8bd6 SHA-1: ac84906fb37ffdd585c1f756ca95e45ef7aa4bdb SHA-256: c8e596902f09d01023d4c335cbe383029f08096b1ec454f88c128a0e9fbef63c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of algorithmically generated URLs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself appears to be a link farm, designed to obscure the ultimate destination of the user's click.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/dudelufuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/xujidewugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8l47smlqe2catkmvvlucn37cdo/fojimeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/piwiruruzorojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/nimevexarazutatewumeteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/xorevabaxabonadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb6dd1cd30b24283fd1a7bf7dbda380/vijelinofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/gudetowemupafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/31253800536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5utft4hbl5sbeokhmgkj27ug6/73848258147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4a93bddb0---87446011607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/zubidurimerinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/54318931170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062314280073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi52r8nmkd6vos5s41mll6pek7/bofoxodogibamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ba4ff253b976673e23861efbb067c0e/gofavutajavile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/xibewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c8970c0bd---didokulogoxenolowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/nonodetelubaramuzafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/sopiwezakesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3019a3a385---76417466428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecbeb20bd50d14ada6db4588d91cac3a/82138624074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c63b587a---10849259660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=apex+legends+weapon+color+guidePDF 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_off0000eb2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2F 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 079e28eb34955927a2e668e4b4dde7417eaa6ad6db13d45c75ce5d707791e660
font_01_sfnt_off00010438.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10438 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 48e105849bed3bbd77e6d15ad007cbba395adf691c94417094cfc2d7e65173fe
font_02_sfnt_off000130a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1