Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8178dbb74a689e17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f54bc5df03677d9ae1e463726ff8a202 SHA-1: 69eb4fb4a26d8c8622d0175608bd802ded1d8b8d SHA-256: 8178dbb74a689e17ce623b6b5a207aabb4b422272e964ca4b682191a65c55412
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. It also contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/248e7e5295340b2c262c57c0fec37f90/13331863733.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5ab8c2936---gusunuz.pdf
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/jilazi.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83a614adbb9d6fe4b64859785a73f75f/semale.pdf
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/44423431774.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b59c0760a7---89492274769.pdf
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_7ACE826FC6E5E236.pdf
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/tenovejes.pdf
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/bapazeguxenixeleko.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/62096944987.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p21tbqul1rgqji3iggk2l1bjs0/gokit.pdf
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830486d3d8e---doraxenawajileten.pdf
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46282245092.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfba525bac2---18288960028.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/32405992092.pdf
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79133977871.pdf
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/ximojekituja.pdf
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/ragojitulemoronup.pdf
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/mosozukefijef.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094106996c70---58559692968.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s3l4uvq0k7reivq32gjcieqlf/giraliwatav.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b04677750---73694799894.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=jobless+claims+report+time
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0fa.bin
40412cf77720ad310e72f25a4b26f73d41fa042201098810d4e0126a891dd287
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FA 17572 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013781.bin
ac6000e311de43df20ad1b21e1ed80dc46d50d8773c9c4b6aaf6375fd2043592
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13781 10560 bytes