Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8027031ef7251278…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:55:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: b5c331a5291910cf640015a539e55c2d SHA-1: 0717715ebd6cc04520b11da6ed38c8cc51e26d74 SHA-256: 8027031ef72512789994018fe5b7c8b9f94449dd709e47bc6dfe5a3dc18bccba
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button and the ClamAV detection further support a malicious intent, likely to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9702

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+break+the+prison+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/44109660973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/38133415962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323d15cec31---zipuvajekaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/63968499308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2ba05804a---gorobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210915220601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wanfutemple.urwaydesign.com/data/file/userfiles/files/panowajimasegosuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajavavasaduvolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/pubojalozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/13060444302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/30319610402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizujabakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajatexenupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/41464040812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitpuertorico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51684195340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/36494572783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210911131408_1474381061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoziwexoporiliropubabime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96482327025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/kexafilirizubolurepizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjhkpcjcdhja07ihkf17g7bk91/gopukinekedujuxebegixabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cppzone.ru/users/blogs/file/35535015895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zorewulagalowumigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62578573024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagadosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/25330129417.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3CC 1840 bytes
SHA-256: e11639021ae82bc81d66597892112dbefd7f2cb67f426bbebb6fc3c29591e729
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC6F 21008 bytes
SHA-256: c711d70ef23f2ac16e1e8905f336bef408fd6a031188b7f5f12f6b08b2ad7cd8
font_02_sfnt_off00011130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11130 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7406a3d0406511373f06de3cd4b584e9bf51b3c4939025f6ebc06c56376604
font_03_sfnt_off00012a40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A40 16244 bytes
SHA-256: fddcbe21bdf9fb2753729b4ab5b26d7a3fbb01e3fe51d41ab0725360e25c189d
font_04_sfnt_off0001402e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1402E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1