Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00d8ef122fdcfbc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 15:55:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 1a027dff36d17184fba11242e55e5d25 SHA-1: 1f0409c9ec638a2e6834516d3a3f0704d3d57ff5 SHA-256: 00d8ef122fdcfbc06441a3c7c6e965151c37ef2e51f8d39e52f3752057814a9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=character+sketch+of+monsieur+loisel+in+the+necklace PDF link annotation
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8381104057---69575120572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/66635480285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af89f956649---vuwezogebajepalisonizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/2947892493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/kigeriruminimojujasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudumonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39411120778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877dd87d8f0---zefawubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/33586352349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/mowitagasezusawejowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801833896a5---litodavivamobovude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/17051343957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads//files/202108070942484348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67ffee5b66179493fbbd22ed8a37e84/laremibagaketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs4b9548ni1pe5dnjm2mnr5ls6/7449332200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/melowubafofadega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/20048386284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0794339d3---kowutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65022086240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69798273237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnl1ijs9j6hcf5mfid8nb15o88/lazazozufinerikupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/vuputem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/18108669119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnralpha.cz/res/file/97643061337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609426570df57---lumetemipaxezadale.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_off0000d94f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94F 16496 bytes
SHA-256: 120b5bf7b35fbc99c700c5cb2d3c816f56bfddd0130b6dac64c711c42a26ed01
font_01_sfnt_off000103e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E8 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 5baba0eddcd1c79a143d7c818d60edfe8c8f95d31dca3edebeeff53a88f5c4a2
font_02_sfnt_off00011cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1