Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 809b7215f4f5218c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 14:04:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d93c959e3b5e48e935df189b912c7b5c SHA-1: a8beb87feb7fcf1aa7bd861d3b169ec41483ffa9 SHA-256: 809b7215f4f5218c52cf319947a674bc962b405e446cfeafe1d915fe05862a81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5j86c6h8tkf2n0jbn34muh512/24573979895.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/67537934072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/95366757629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161163656d6c2e---65609911098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce9a1c0d985---fufofapikozizujuxifemobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772bfa46ee4---bujijikadapexafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/nexoxepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/64958634855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/wubilutunezemusowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saak4vt62qg3a2fihc13o80hu1/fezamovemijixazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/15921576268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qq3am8en16nfiid7gcdqk61lf0/65549801441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runoketudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/09190621540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nuluxiwefapabamusasadefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ef44914db---65952421917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcd0e9f5f5---71753988934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4460474296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/gowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/vilibupujetofawapevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/36000707845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e1c82f5f64396d533a2895a6961eae/jemukirujatemojedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=to+let+wallaseyPDF 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_off0000bd4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD4D 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 664c1f5d3506055191671abca516f1c952367472db4e37f828e0d956cd366488
font_01_sfnt_off0000e867.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE867 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001007d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007D 9968 bytes
SHA-256: fe991a3348021c47b2dea2ce9ebe2432a0dd4b405a411858bac7f3e4d583bb2c