Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f8c8db760e4ecd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 09:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2f555f07a27d570a2ad24edf9fd020ec SHA-1: e4094ead6adf438f0422e770a7b27c006d0b0ba0 SHA-256: 1f8c8db760e4ecd6c6ce03fc0d004a79a6c631b5edc422f4fbba83d35b432716
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of multiple heuristics related to link farms and compromised CMS uploads, along with numerous extracted URLs, indicates a strong intent to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=civil+war+tamil+dubbed PDF link annotation
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472983beed7---81436217023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofobozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/71707775304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/vowoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/10681045471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--jt2b56wn0ap2a.com/upload/file/202109101115496258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/26097480990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/61269420048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210901072517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/fiferevaxalesoduzeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/xajobabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortwashington.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/jelanaburum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149150e41103---5194295444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c98b9e88b---junedola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/jovolozowopusesasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/29460497699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3h8h5ioj4nsqugqk8jhf9pg0r/somamixapugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jinaraduxupimamoxudaroru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/99214259015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swotaweb.com/img/upload/file/72901209490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vq1bk3r88aa693jfj6degbqeg3/44907819463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/1526771397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021091517003073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udhdl9jh3js07ra4s8ebuu8h5l/sakarajaxovufijigepese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18767848174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zehanbiopharma.com/upload/files/zususi.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_off0000c528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3A 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 9765f5776c8f9f04eff32083c89cb1dc34d73c6d97fc29c5ef27cc23ad6752df
font_02_sfnt_off00010b01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B01 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 5cf40eb94f5b31edc98bb923fd37ea23f3ed451964e51ec71406ed971a103637