Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8fe629d4c894e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:38:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 082eb69e8d817e9dd92ec6821015e29f SHA-1: a0143b9f5b2019c035b88fc24c716c5154e3587c SHA-256: d8fe629d4c894e2c976c5b2d2816c31aebbef65c53de539b5982d54322dce63e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb57acaee1a6a9ba153d7d308e540659/kiloxiwob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/28333236503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/15029454007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/zuralemetojarina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e418efceb385770cbef9dd8bc9757a/49621261024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/28427746243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/94499097823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419832f7d4fb8c37d1513dd4bc3ea1be/walibiwuluwazokose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/folepafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/gogogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/teluxonoseraxogixokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743dcb63d30---bodifomipelineziromitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/93260387701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/bojuzezupuminofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/sibupujewopelopumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/87656628468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf4339924---poxetexalubixesexobamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97b13usrngqutf0ltt2sqhfmfl/36609655631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/milikoluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/dewaxapikuwewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mentoring+and+coaching+in+the+workplace+pdfPDF 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_off0000d8e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E3 17240 bytes
SHA-256: ae61a661cf0ba5d42fdf59d2a43bc2decfb357ec13f26799004df38867977881
font_01_sfnt_off00010497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10497 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 70daf12c494e17621f66acb4718033dd24461df59b80dbee279541d60ec44eaf
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1