Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08b94ca920bba73a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:52:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f2d8b5d2372fc57576b96eb4f2faac30 SHA-1: 6eb615bac826d56f4d0a156733fd947e9f64f3f0 SHA-256: 08b94ca920bba73a1ce7d79bf0d03ed93c6c17406d18c518095853c9a3bd97fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+ten+android+games+2016 PDF link annotation
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/marelofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/99544412520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/40538459028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429f3b743dd---33337739020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/ruzorevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///vidipijaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/75679771120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/xamogajogutelotopuzili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/16465852227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331846b3784---maxutotufave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahcarpets.com/userfiles/file/lajukutuzuzufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/52825765830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xesugila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50561765869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/10432462831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xumopepuwufarobedevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichtours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31086706035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cc32ae5af319319c80d1e6772c8fcc5/85546000472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles/file/46702265937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b838c7cb9f---fitudagofowaxemaseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagesulorezufawegezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_6AF81E190B7C7DA7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/52987964782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckysim.com/userfiles/file/17073966637.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_off0000f11c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11C 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 35c214f85658cc70f22d6667769e91f2edde2e7e6bc6e84ed2886c52784073c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE4 16612 bytes
SHA-256: bb657882e556d75f09b3d124899774741fb51e712a55dfe61cbd0d556c8fbd6e
font_02_sfnt_off000135b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1