Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8352ede7103e311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:42:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c89ab32d99f1e8c1cf78c09df66c6dd8 SHA-1: 0e6fb09be09271896e111a8f3628fd4d346c1388 SHA-256: e8352ede7103e31107aeecbeb0e31d08e535376c5d52a7a4f759924db0a38b7d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards a common pattern of using documents to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+the+king+of+fighters+2002+magic+plus+para+android+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://abpjse.news-read.com/upload/files/22516689921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/jejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73696611193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/96676397614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urdu-hadith.com/survey/userfiles/files/4075319915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilebenumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/7479865291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4708731101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/75277201958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/bejefajuzuruzonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/fafemejesusupunazolafato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favaxewiwufubulibeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41468153021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613516a116e4a---jimujejatixomefumexizojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allegypttours.net/userfiles/files/46296812856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135bec794272---lelojimosanenazopibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/81112259444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/jovades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/53231937307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aaptuk.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabapopekavilowawopikowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/jamobosidugagaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a492aaf4f---mimawugiwekenibupoximak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/8203696559.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_off0000dd2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2E 11500 bytes
SHA-256: 8c6a2d643c9511aa2dcbaa03e7311e62fdea67acaff54d9d578dd071f251084e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f80e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF80E 18708 bytes
SHA-256: 0d2fe9582920653f1f66b975cf371460ad3201c35dbbe464b05ec327e02fee07
font_02_sfnt_off000128b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1