Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8268a4092950117e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-10-10 15:17:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f2925e7512ec882a9e9a8acf252b130c SHA-1: 6059590287491e8494a6480b1af3f2439f080f46 SHA-256: 8268a4092950117ed5e813ddad0e9686a9599cb98914b98426474e4dd84430b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the phishing intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/ziromosuwewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/xesuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/zesitobenirovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigugatelibitabanifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.net/userfiles/files/46201713550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs/files/jaweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/wojurilobasabotoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/44671108429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/6985260051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73ecdbe0b2129ae79586d27eb6aacaa/pomenijezetomoxuvamoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/54994756335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalieuht.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/39071309145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c5a7a2d0b---5018598461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfobchod.cz/foto/Image/file/72685392826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e925abedf97e53fe688f5cfafc5caf/zuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/36789545761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fb627e750---81533330182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/31577238021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/87942069496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615da0543f183---pozegeparezifojuxiwajenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo-calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divesesalunuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/gujikido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/posexirasojelefedebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/lakogodatopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=convert+3+cups+to+litersPDF 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_off0000dfe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE5 10576 bytes
SHA-256: f4a8c28b61d577d44549985442165e0c079055375fe7d9d565404c343ddc650c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f83c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83C 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 40e56bba4b0740a2251a2a2153c7fcdea27711cd07cf5d74c63822602f99728e
font_02_sfnt_off000122e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1