Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8302ef259b796a0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 21eeb43f09b012163f33fa7b08445f0f SHA-1: 22cd1868e7069048abf512196ba01d97d850e28d SHA-256: 8302ef259b796a0e04174ae922e7c3d8caf17a8f8d82af1e853ca322dba94993
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=browser+phone+games PDF link annotation
    • https://lomasdelaweb.com/userfiles/2008.09/file/70888671694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/xuzapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents/files/55233831204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/tuduwezibewawisijitupoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337ad38be5d---37089464839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37027247931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sung1.com/upload/files/49514284736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05257f8204d9425f2a914f987879ccad/rigodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/forejifuzurinivejegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308f0398cc5---85029388542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb2774e6ded66018e2a0e21fb5f220d/39850813510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/45677586121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/26764111004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/fadaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/60022723785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riboziwakatupinevoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spyboarcams.com/files/xotevawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c9dcccfb0---61006894533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/90813045947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/woduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/87529138708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesitagokogefudikakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/rizezuburi.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_off0000ff31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF31 18784 bytes
SHA-256: aed26d59f93a140210ce8ebbcdd671090b6e9593b941183a3f5fc3458f512af5
font_01_sfnt_off00012f66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F66 10604 bytes
SHA-256: e76d73c20df40eda1d9171f5292147aa9d0e880b0362902250a706179db52292
font_02_sfnt_off0001478a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1478A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1