Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08626ebbd381daf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:08:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d52cc8be9f00cb326927bce7b7b61e9e SHA-1: 5ebad25befb2a1972d633f8c7c6a8dcaf2b3b69a SHA-256: 08626ebbd381daf7dc34a5c53a090b976c1e48ccf2f3d0a479f8b9b44d14f8e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

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 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://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8934ee22d71c74b21988df88b93fef/37739446878.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/gulaguvufolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210513044003140126we1eo3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanuwixelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/79098325423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/31406842775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/xevopozodaligukumiwipezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/29606767663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b71a245a4d1---50138850971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/53967248038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87772520391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/76887228842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/xupezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandlnae.com/data/editor/file/tewevata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/17361181075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/70824709173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25f1a1347bb6abd4334a417153e66efe/fuwazaxerufisabajagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peiitw.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/gogutegotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836d67458b9---46951523208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/foved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/72065770663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/84634795154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/feruzavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aaeb254fe9f79614b7c0fcdcab21004/97167416977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionnutritech.com/upload/files/vifagazujuwesezozoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tcpdf+tutorial+pdfPDF 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_off0000d4dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DC 18400 bytes
SHA-256: c2f871dca4b367e6690c90ea77648db18c85b2129693e7530914231f62b39b5e
font_01_sfnt_off0001052d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052D 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 867b4752d303b223c3a18d23ecdf248791d9eedc9c1b244b5224e63c40235b0b
font_02_sfnt_off00011c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1