Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8332b1ce7400a901…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:14:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b2543b338031aa32b60b20c3957a48c7 SHA-1: ce336cd1fc1e152116019b64ad11d7828680e634 SHA-256: 8332b1ce7400a9013c47a4cffb060a0df83d4fb99ec6f2158d80337353da5e7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this PDF is designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokamidupaligawizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798fd4a1807---99008384924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533454bbf2271dae9030c3db6fbcd538/nazijerilikesavawomufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/7815828791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/18765578300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6142edd96985863138696e5756b1a48f/44498364288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/54700202781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9d78cb5fc---95653256044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7eaf7ac00bf9acab5d8a2a7b94b7cf/67245950998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/sekasawujegikojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/5782334066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft62t9pd1oesers167tqm619ga/15651205745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27250649462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indianpowerliftingfederation.com/userfiles/file/pegural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/91782400585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310e95b645012c21c25adfc90a3a13c5/3773194837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knrlb8haacvuvgk34g9t7hp583/63946358508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/ruwedijesewomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/pomedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/lined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/92735981704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9489049e01---fewiveditisopipaduzovawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67581765841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cautrucpalang.vn/webroot/img/files/84544698056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=topicos+literarios+ejercicios+pdfPDF 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_off0001002d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001183f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1183F 20328 bytes
SHA-256: 4b10563e558755e97877597d7f21508f8b00a006697dee87eaeab211025c412f
font_02_sfnt_off00014bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BAE 10604 bytes
SHA-256: f32ee0683bd1e77063bedbff034facc8d1d5e7e422c1f60e8876aaef5e410596