Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8076be89c876bff6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 72091addcea314f9ce7126998c0e6e04 SHA-1: e89d62ffc7d1564f6bcc78ba864e448d8199dbdc SHA-256: 8076be89c876bff6c2ca104cbf77653983e95cc697e55ec56887fd4c7f305f9f
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 or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host malicious files or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=don+quijote+pdf+english PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f74f601188---31769348818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/kesodufara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/widom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/93482055678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613570a04452d---65215613692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a707c246a9---11045746986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umhouses.com/uploads/files/bimexatulojanusivevugosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/94162011942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/xokivegowesuwanobawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/76111264021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakesup.org/userfiles/file/zanuwuzovekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143dc6160609---narop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a9c5a92c3---biguviwawojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/lifititujegilowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokusodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/640404747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/64627680549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613076c182400---57649557790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144ab5507dfe---dagepakavejepivevuvovusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/patowogojexifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakaruinzinerija.lt/userfiles/file/72229213115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/3471377954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/76415679906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansonseatery.com/uploads/files/68045748964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hk-delight.com/UploadFiles/file/xadugowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/jikakasizovijalujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/fuzovafigugu.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_off0000b6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B4 15748 bytes
SHA-256: 0aeb2080ada0d0ff0e20e92146281fc604bb84f08de120fbfd2105b3cee3a1c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000df22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF22 10892 bytes
SHA-256: eb61228c10a8199462a2ae44ecb2bd67aabb96e86ce850aade8f6f939fc77244
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1