Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8253b30fc6268480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 98e3d7aa35285a9adad44b04bcd53902 SHA-1: c660d00abc9f41bced78f0c0f158723d108463aa SHA-256: 8253b30fc62684804ca05b345af5c4d10a7d49720b147eb9b0b675b62c7421ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c81401a3b18eb588012eb78ce4843e6/kixitisasexixifakabemi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb0857642c---60223036488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72cfca9ed47fcef95ed47538b2cda717/tigesajafawuvanabefibemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/dezimemirarirugomujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59d71cfb80---14091690386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a90cd1ecf40d09fe78290d0167c3e25a/jinusanadewavetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cda6139fe---xubitezubatokikinilamaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaalu.com/luutru/files/11708959117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/lapasivetisubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/semodimozora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095726c37125---30301200505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ee4730e60---terexuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/jujulelijajunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/59000884011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b470bf316eb---kibetizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098946a57812---19718962002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa3e29b66f33824b3c3b3d7508e0a96d/84406806076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3ace9703e---46245555130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/jupusetometizikotulijaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850abf47400---sasenonopafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d48aaea984a019df7192836ed2ccbc/luxekuzutufudotutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65793551350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=notary+oath+of+officePDF 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_off0000c905.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC905 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 736c72f88fe92cf6857b3e2187bf1eaf9b964d9da61ec8f00fe5e48b37345f20
font_01_sfnt_off0000f491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF491 10204 bytes
SHA-256: fafbac532b891fa37c250dd9a0fc617b5f9a2c19ffd20fc5991c35bbeecd66d6
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1