Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8417abb6f47022a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fa02db428012d53499bb28173cf56c8d SHA-1: c41da8712a5bf8538009fcaecec902f817e19aa6 SHA-256: 8417abb6f47022a5100e1aacad8377d9b57318ac31f642c9338fb2cbc3e2ab21
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs. The heuristics indicate a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/40094324566.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/47846241536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2ce81d7d9---83089286618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe68da0b4e9---zunokebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e82153fa---28826364669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/juxutipowilokawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161216e9b73330---xasaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dd692e1f2---pajapixesodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/xikixarazenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/41745441829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitekinfostructures.com/userfiles/file/51922452920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce52509cce---86995533296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesagurugetowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/59671595929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jhmcs9mj9snv0gpn1scsdrq4f/63709576588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/dunuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/farexebizuzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b9b1fff81bd1f1611ebbf46d839fcb/finalafovolugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/15307914924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/26672202931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f588bce82---raxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d9001d602---5779048727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxalebumatatetotoriwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/058abb7a98ecd7852565cdf800979d89/jupopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ossc+junior+typist+previous+year+question+paper+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_off0000ef18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF18 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 4da7177f4013ba4832bc096d6327317fb1e7a906176bebe562620c6b3a169502
font_01_sfnt_off00011cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAB 11148 bytes
SHA-256: a3f1b39f33ef941991beb4c3b1621a4759f8d9095fc1a94ee067f20b09282adc
font_02_sfnt_off000136b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1