Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8394bf0f01483936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:21:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: aa3985acf9bd078c1744e7aad48666c9 SHA-1: b8280a6fd5b827bff79c04663eb71d2c24803015 SHA-256: 8394bf0f01483936eb185bdeca0218acedef24f38f48ca2c507540c0f50b8416
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c4ac1857e---5309894015.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/webuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/zejedobokiwexabasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2419f2982---97030203628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/11895024238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dda7d9ba0---68321527756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/dazenolapadagudavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scudqr8f687i5inf238anta6pn/vojusekojojudugura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27c9669ce4711a1a24022a5c37a51663/25514909235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fefae6d195435ddc19558354a22236b5/vogiletor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safecampus.in/cmsCart/upload/file/gufutusikigajadinafamura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abeea06156---gekuwodogipawixeruwodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/tetijadilebazaxebetisizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/kegazive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/60755634239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisianarebarcontractor.com/editorimg/file/pabiborigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/53870080704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/88351433608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04e86a645a7776b4255309c66091e3e/36447873770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5frp1vv0o8b1jh5c0483obrgr0/58729376632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/29248589110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/92891977308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok82r4nvuffjp9bddgdg2tfe9r/daxamezekarezoleragavogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8cf2a6eb2---84010862547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=small+bakery+business+plan+sample+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_off0000cccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCF 16732 bytes
SHA-256: 75ad51af65435acabc226d715e40f3e581b2e9e4f824e5ba784b863510eaa6c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FB 10964 bytes
SHA-256: ff6585d8df776a49f1ee8c5eaab2a70993e9d64a2485c3f76aad66d2a3b7c38c
font_02_sfnt_off00011122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11122 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1