Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8f8ec710d6628ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 45a608bc4bef33f19325379c41b66f43 SHA-1: f0330d51c4770960c482e82732fff0de916476b3 SHA-256: e8f8ec710d6628ea690f7612be47e0ce8260126ce4de88907ba5545fee735a82
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of distributing malicious content through obfuscated URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/37372679659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aptekadc.pl/userfiles/userfile/zuforariwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/61244277292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/miragirojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisianarebarcontractor.com/editorimg/file/15080232662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swatimishra.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/1860591180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dafangtour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/20970473117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolegium.inaheart.org/upload/files/45662932245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/wuduwatojujilalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/65083961117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/27895213311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luxboss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopewidasajujedomupado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142965843a0a---wepexutuviwidoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/5748744870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/62960732567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161466852d2d24---47303299508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/6787078423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/40834839055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202109131423596447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/55069457544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoto.us/Images_upload/files/tuvafisisuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/ludemirudugolafama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6dfab7c7c---koxezifoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+fm+radio+without+earphone+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d7ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EA 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 8bddbae22cbf669695f683237c86dcf0c9974f04e90f5e482090fc19c7e097c5
font_01_sfnt_off0001042a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042A 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 4c06d7447952797e521cb6926e6bcc39db1dac1bc3738f89ad3d74481fc18dee
font_02_sfnt_off00011d29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1