Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08958f9cd05edace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5454175c58b627d6b529c92c9efea5b1 SHA-1: 9cd8406fc2e81249128d6cffa83d136f85e0fe45 SHA-256: 08958f9cd05edace1d9845f97e03cd128858eed72d44137039a06fb89f704ae1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure due to its structure and content. It presents a screenshot to deceive users into clicking external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zeiterfassung+app+android+kostenlos PDF link annotation
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210917092920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c4c157e77---49051617389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/dogoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/jubuwevazufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350267946c8---josazek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/18017709015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/julisexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/57367895251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialgarden.ro/userfiles/file/49831248959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wcd.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvigufiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cc60d9d09---xuwokatiwumari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/zurekezazadamedusijosusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/7930266680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/69258141170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/vuxukizatajasorudugizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210901143051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141368186271---duribuneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/16598738779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/mezupevibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/dubezajasozufurezifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210903_075033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widadalikawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95409006366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaydantuongphongngudep.com/images/news/file/mixevosegu.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_off0000b1a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1A1 10828 bytes
SHA-256: bd26479c5cf07377f41871296d53b58835af14a9f6fdb328ae4e0c7443e9da12
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A0 14204 bytes
SHA-256: 4d7f229a0c14b8001843754cd7b160c69f9916bc1287f91c486609673f05629f