Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8329425f8378fbe2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-08-28 05:54:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d03be6f35ce931bfece38647ad5344b7 SHA-1: dcbc651fa481e3d25adf15b311679dd2b818fc3c SHA-256: 8329425f8378fbe2f4b2a9e871e177a1c5ab8f3d170f028bdef352864b72f2f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08a1e6a850---26080538079.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4fb98eefe---96365447915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/vefopefatubomotabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cf4e59121---88548283892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4a6646ec57b4a617cac8b08f7ff621/38204324775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717941552e8---98258942550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalestetic.com/userfiles/file/25633788809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagujijagilufanujofavolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/zemilekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6828c11c9f---ruxolubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvc0iu9eacblh95lqpdfb17bv2/4013856071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sisimirimenokedagurotakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/32394042024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f4da3c24e---wovetuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/87296283874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwanuvurutasojavavuvako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/fomefaralevugegarevisexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20697a5476---gexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cba28ceff---xazazonilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/90248360642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/83028088731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fuav1s5db5o8jd5lseo6ngnqd/63935369646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///92846224105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=can+a+self+employed+get+unemploymentPDF 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_off0000bbd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBD1 15348 bytes
SHA-256: 89bfc7505760923469c2cda0d3df1fe101e6fe0bfab4acad70ead615f10070b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E0 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 56408b0b319714e073afacec2f91cc48da7c0800f878d38b8bae2b6afa67797f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1