Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8461f08305dc10ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dff9819769ecc80d3a5af5b04375739b SHA-1: 059c5c11bd24f0cbbd6e3afc396f883cbb351f74 SHA-256: 8461f08305dc10cedce84fdaaefd49f70b610957dfa7092401a0901a666bf1c0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating it's likely a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613299fe3b8f4---jifoselupiwufugeruvare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28605472740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/15416795779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93008593515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizorapebejadagekefixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/65261036968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/luzamekakufejabonuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613137fce4e0f---tubazuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba6d3e95e65ad4cc1a091ce41da11c2/67100426349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/43993159416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinufegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/supawuxaxinoraberowoduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepejetawosenuworeban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globomax.eu/userfiles/file/61206978000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/84527552969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukizufijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/koziburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutixavububitudawova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peter-crooks.com/userfiles/file/fufujajolitiwiwojekilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613290336a57d---venobiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekheidri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31303260272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/vadixutolativupukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137dfff14c6e---goxuvujilevirogavabavuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ipt+hsc+notesPDF 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_off0000f2fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FC 10020 bytes
SHA-256: 4160b2bc510b1c5e0a56228d2c593599d182161a3b6261b935544cb115bcefc5
font_01_sfnt_off0001092f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1092F 18244 bytes
SHA-256: 2851d04556569ac0c3d2bb239f3934b53ab53d93e8dec986f7418c21a6bb9e50
font_02_sfnt_off00013928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13928 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1