Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc8efad68bc0d479…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-29 10:24:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: dff8ac8a12ff2478d1d9d6612450f3cf SHA-1: d7efa59eda762150bfef7c1c8ef002793e1bcb79 SHA-256: dc8efad68bc0d4792083f942475d61f66d6bc9fe1e12f7b0c545cd39b7e80cc4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit users via external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/jepugiluvurubalaterodo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/buvetotirono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921659288217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/41133314996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyokushin96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudotizapamadaruwisuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/nilobomirafetapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/nolego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346eec4e177---nojakuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/81096755789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1efc9ae130dce659843a01843dd49f/tatesikifomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muacuoi.vn/Pictures/files/73504425561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72776655330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210922045442150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/29023854404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/lorovilawukoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejefuwalatiwidasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa0b854e7d2f3bed1ef1335eb94d7817/37217025360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18761233805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/37830000464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/92067778543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriontradecom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66461761781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51595349616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reclamesticker.nl/images/uploads/file/In PDF document text
    • http://tnmetalworks.com/images/files/molikokukimutirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=flower+zombie+war+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC47F 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 3ed1ff0f0a71e67b8157f39062706d76dc2004fa97ba0e8234982b3352b1604d
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC47 21124 bytes
SHA-256: ab2a309dda95338e97dafb29d4073aac083275b4d218a914ab760e6a36fd8c9f
font_02_sfnt_off00011301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11301 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1