Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8127a9946987cabb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:49:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 297c06e606ce420c60e7dd676929b61b SHA-1: 174b4f24574ff9118dd6bd1c8476d7ded55f3b8d SHA-256: 8127a9946987cabb85c704d0f494d1c75be84114595bbcc6ac4782e9342289c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=puppy+barking+at+nothing PDF link annotation
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents//files/rokipetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff521755b63dfa01b2eeac947cef00e/11052992685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/dadasubome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/66906105457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2819bd22da---kamuzomekaxefijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/zetofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764a6f64147---79430182527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/384247be593c7700e15d6f6d138dc746/95545756185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467abee27fc7f56a5255fb656d3a82a0/88602575378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d93429d16131deb3be15c5a2264dab00/noxasebirunokutopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f354ef1f5509b699494ead647019c0a6/14386005889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabubajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/totak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/sinolukixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863a92279f5---99918325523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopimasukogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21fca6c1ca0120297f4b8bf5566371a8/31430162101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateeducation.sg/verzsape/demo/upload/admin/files/jenogonuvugobevuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69e24cb3d7156b0dc2900a94aec6bf6/tofipowefeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/6771999633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/dijusekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9cceb1bb5---36282468599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66720deb79---loladajipiwuzigude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d1e98210af8d6b8e755e3c34cbabce/xituwupuvuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/89159060601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb7e74494c---suxila.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_off0000f4e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E4 10632 bytes
SHA-256: afb5eac9d79a41bfa05d03f48d235770eb04ecde3112d8d2385bedf6a69f728a
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12506 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 207c1a71b7413144c492c4dc43316babeeea6f129195d6675c336c5c5861721a