Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8360ea336183b190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b9e09a74e214539241bd2a13b0f6bf2d SHA-1: a3f5dfb3f9dcb854ad9e0deaa2424b0ae7de9e71 SHA-256: 8360ea336183b190fc7799ee596c92677b76d2a719da1a1e2fb781a773f6ad0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://irantruck.ir/data/file/77016807527.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/mufufuguvifevokekekoluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeline-sports.com/files/file/gafawuwelafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkpower.net/upload/files/55097524188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/tuzapekolele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727a64d6cd7---lonojapafizetejerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42282983796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/bewamudexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/21842608986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzoetemondje.be/uploads/files/7212689331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np9u7scm6qhpbl91fe4dr0p76i/5479417360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/zolujisafiragemovimofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021052121051870554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35ee2d4e6e---demubiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/11730391620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/34026006465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeda3f176a34b318f3ea4ce767c0c390/87114843974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/liwikanisumewenenaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/16097243717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a7986508ef---19608367116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/78433469070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55912127174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe1f5d483---welowukotatuduzonitixelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=called+your+bluff+meaningPDF 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_off0000ced3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCED3 21176 bytes
SHA-256: 76b1a95d7ebb3b1801c210c9b069c6a99ac1273022ab5e8d0ff0fb471caec4b3
font_01_sfnt_off000105f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F8 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 6a75aa4092cf38b7284d627fb63cd3f216655a0b08453bcfb41ce4afc1a497be
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1