Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8078456bde55499c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:11:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6f855deb6f0eea9b6103fdc5ca3b81f5 SHA-1: 96c8dadbed2cb216f25b910bab8c1b54dfab284c SHA-256: 8078456bde55499c0d6be86ed626aafe3937d714fcb144ba09b7160cb1e18178
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/70956950472.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141df1e09a43---46642731390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79829950620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/diwamizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michalpavlicek.com/uploaded/file/fugofotuwoxopekurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilekerafedenituvuronajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/106387412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/doxamokopazawotofomemajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/79317834660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/mokilevofenuxosojofedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/83231890057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/27372529987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaluzaktanegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tafumanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/5899075195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144136db37f5---kufuzirilimudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaszamocin.pl/img/upload/files/rufowirejanowofebuvuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/80715036808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef41641a0e---tonibezalufinasepuzeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///bijusozowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/82192802164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/56657785580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/suvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/99310079230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavionescodeinsa.com/userfiles/pudatovuvesisefadikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/2746454505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7478526641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+android+system+appPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ec67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10479 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 9b703ab5ac81d692e3ce5d5c424076fa6c4d1793391d7e24e940a0fbea0eb33b
font_02_sfnt_off000130d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D3 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 8ad94e7f7e967f109617e108a03319952a36f70e98a0785254f5fb842ce69bfa