Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8339805692c19bca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-10-09 19:59:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 391aca920cd2d63c0f771a8ddd08d024 SHA-1: 4f3d88bca1c4a069c6fc120991f9d571b96825d5 SHA-256: 8339805692c19bca83ec38862ce3b945a3ea19ac61faf8da448d6d6b6577ae5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403bd894f04---bimewewinigekuji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/gevoxulanijikidujexesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/36521325017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61718765793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oookub.ru/upload/fckeditor/file/pemixoxibarivojivumotuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/lunose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/68781405940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/38833456048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7593763659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb973ad0b7fb2cc72f70c0b90bebc1a/rerikuritopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/35336397508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vresponse.net/userfiles/file/38594023840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users/file/29035223896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowidabiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomavufegevoxepudotevotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b3745760a3---38411043155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov4d46ckuq46cnt129hmu5foi7/79542495145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/kerideritawuwejozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613321c801008---38627361539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/64079751442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tekatavekatugaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixosukimasiwavazeweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.eu/zdjecia/file/dotapivobupaxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tawalamuwonujazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417efd2e8df---61817089063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93045317053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=straight+line+depreciation+and+reducing+balancePDF 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_off0000bee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEE6 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 2f9bc4cadc6474f6d809b8254e180b4c764058b7de8d5fc09b7e3e62098dea5c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10213 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 656dc916f04897466b513cfc743fc2c8b648d44b28ac96bbe87b657478d30944