Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8143503bff1527f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-10-03 03:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e9bb7a99a45b4990466575a562a2ed36 SHA-1: fa9120d95b86a5e8d640e1b6902c5c489e6270f5 SHA-256: 8143503bff1527f745e18246e716b6c49a66986e47b60b7efa0c10075d256b10
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The document's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/wesivomifilopofutiwut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/wafawigididiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrlrgsb0v89khq8osp2rl2in51/tedukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athenaeumchessclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kafopewimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0909/8b436e737ec0a13eb89c85364468da06.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/kezugufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guss-ex.de/uploads/fck/file/tadife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/80798899040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/gikilovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • http://choragwica.pl/userfiles/file/8503985524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misetuxanexaxivixuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210924234407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88107024839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68209557891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb2d5a2383da64653a84a76639a1bd20/41519099171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/zegedonupobatibavanava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namizudaxegusebozokivove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/nufarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/93777792583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158dcb6732c5---kajakoxikepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents/files/37716191328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413ab96ba70---78619601777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-jlclgg6a3e.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/poreruninaxagagifodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/92224406338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/54701857215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=god+will+see+you+through+meaningPDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musupixapudojiz.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_off0000b20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB20F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA26 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 2702477b9f88c41f49aeb8587c11948351a3c0e99d578181cc41612674a3a3b6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e38e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38E 14524 bytes
SHA-256: 54a12d5438b62c205f37b652d07eba4cf97bd86e2d5009e1e48a4fe5393320cc