Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8455b09f2b82a4d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:11:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2b20c51bd3c603976289bdbf21c2e330 SHA-1: 472d27ea8ab357de38d280ee719ea04022253b96 SHA-256: 8455b09f2b82a4d809bef48b7b2ec91a6b6313e55cf9d6b1bebb39b8c2af321c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dohnvcb2ng5pcp0u0a559ks2a/7881883999.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/67605683817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/kojuporafobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72803892875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/lelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/19740515014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1da415469---61850712357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sddshchb.com/userfiles/file/Fl202108031611201084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f71acaab6e---69725329608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075623567a03---77645884461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/riwesegexumasajipalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da21aee0c838d80d91ce669dd66085a7/mabizukivedigerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiara.ca/clients/c/cf/cffd5a667a547ddf6f7ed7e454f715b7/File/87193238101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk6lj9c3tj9ba7b8m2q8slf3h2/datasobosebunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888e25d0e76---23987888719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmargholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72666983708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/13797206315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed64660e29f538b1728fab02b531e64b/21204765719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/48646151346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/lojiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/92935814518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/sazulaxabubelatakavubufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8fqskhtgnss8sdeam4clcjdpn/99206091821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ad0cc30ef---vusiparajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotejaxixoxodazejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e62e4fb28e7---lupexafegaduzejodaxumesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hound+of+baskerville+novel+free+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cce4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE4 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 8946d8a826a8793d2e34b3d2bcbf4b88ae4868d68c4f40d90159fd8fad7bbcd6
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001157c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157C 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 92eefad4d59c744c9527aacf05fbda0d6299e57315ca1bcd8741e3cef2734200
font_03_sfnt_off00012e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3C 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 637a9dac0afc585f1f105c2de408df99420c2eea19216aca5c902ef31b2be0e3