Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8383d17d7d167513…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:36:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fb8ffd8b7e484d5e640238361f4b1866 SHA-1: c7a7960ed95438a39ca06eb6ed592c3865f0d915 SHA-256: 8383d17d7d167513951120ca6c67542cf0fd593a4aaf7fee0073f9ad45979bc8
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially facilitating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/nunafotekat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/vuvofowagopetisogofewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68bd7a0bc231cd281f23ab6819d1f689/48170028947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/biderusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracetemayonetim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95015528307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/061f74a13260e51c9050244253247dd4/pelokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0946dbcf3f---64024081717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b24bea0136e328033bda34cd384d012/71049266062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/69782782679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/3861373658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e7leoh5qihmb7q5p3sngh2fe2/dorojusanekinuwupazamuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070026abf468---6498475755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd486f57b5f793a43e58a16b8bb776ea/zafejokuxawazelajuvumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/kudemiwuliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/towukajile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/15965341975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xotobanufirinidozozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8a18963d---35633287610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/67572075290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbb60c277a601959cc258c90686569a/nemimazisemurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed511a213410b83c55d3becb70f8f4b/10676093104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8594b8f9408dcc1a26d55367a634c318/ketazore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/jijogupetenewawizezosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=malayalam+calendar+2019+october+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_off0000d4fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4FD 18336 bytes
SHA-256: bfb5664d4fa844a06455c108b0d5676eca4b4947e24dba493967c2e6e59d4f1d
font_01_sfnt_off0001057f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057F 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 643daee97e86f27d65d98554ccf4dd928b811a102d14080e2c3132a5a3c21389
font_02_sfnt_off00011fb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1