Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8b947dc33a1d8a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-06-05 15:46:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b8fb0a37e74fa0ec6cce863d9a4934e4 SHA-1: b43601f64a957ea29f378d94a465ae9c9bee1b08 SHA-256: e8b947dc33a1d8a1fb333805e75fe2e437bf3afb4f04c2b26b398e0464049511
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a QR-code lure. 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 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+let%2527s+go+shiny+charm+guide+ultra+moon PDF link annotation
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a5f80d84e87a21cd6883269dccd05e/75018681993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eaa588cdb---pikisaguxamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac90a07c128---jozofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/niduwosapivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6d1580b570ce822d758c239d4f783e/lemator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/96830857993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvfp3ekq68vmuvtf3pirikfsu5/libanigoxavapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e619eb1600993cf8d8e39088109c29/58089327768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021050319285349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/vefavutoduxorozuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sp0a7a9t1v3e7dgpiscmuncab/gixilibunixiguboven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93rpleej4jg2k36mspjrmde44/15671299687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/57481824782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/famikowawidima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/javafitibidofibujajolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/20310079155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38db7da283a271366548cb2157fb344f/55748198181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302f81288cdf6243023a25464c106615/wazabegidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000eacb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACB 5556 bytes
SHA-256: 2f94c4ca24cbdfa631aa789727af7a2578e53d6b5406a09c9d3c270675c20166
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD93 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 407e16734031e9762ff09d08bdab8191f4c6d365c60e1b1f69b8648ed8b41615
font_02_sfnt_off0001222b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222B 16264 bytes
SHA-256: b6849a375c321bcc9a86b5b7366ad36908a0b50e79605cf269e8e462f3e26ee4