Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8255c2a91b9236d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3a437c62f6a8a2c38d0d1634af0cb370 SHA-1: 6963db6adf35e0946f6b594eb094dad81e0aa5e6 SHA-256: 8255c2a91b9236d2c7d0e4f2c36062281b897bdef79afd4b2b5f701a017518a0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The heuristics reveal it's an image-only document designed as a lure, containing numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, suggesting potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+a71+vs+iphone+11+camera PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23qljfdqkce5davja3hd4e7qlt/funubaneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/68733089937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/masefuxamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/rikizozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeternoplanning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saruvimujeniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/31096515702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138583b7444b---joboruredunejomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libilalonuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/51720808633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55603678798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/kopeselusomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debazotagades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78656390489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/60014141788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210916022038093275e1rn1g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121140f6b8a161da1e109ae8d30cd0c8/96487718029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/luxovenedugerezugawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/newetovevanisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicom.pl/userfiles/file/41768243748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/fabaxuvisumuwibifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/lozebutepunajiwaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danangsculpture.com/uploads/image/files/darerelagatexelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/seronopusijixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/36551790349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/miwomafajunipuvikunopekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/dubazivamofikekazewujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/79388223409.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_off0000b2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2C4 11020 bytes
SHA-256: b6c7e1f4087053715f00897033c5917e4d15bece578204cc36fa085ee1625f95
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC42 13936 bytes
SHA-256: 50c993d90ea3c190228b49654600960bf33774c40f4d88c9a6cf6c9e7f191920
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1