Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8473ca586bce8e1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 02:13:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 46a30baec02aead309b118baf777e227 SHA-1: b6d2e6606e8ed00b8db314ebe2f505d4bbf3b763 SHA-256: 8473ca586bce8e1e670ba93f777817461e47d011e860331124883d84d7069ebf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/mapow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/jagaranidazalukuwadefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_AA1C94F7164A6029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ff8ebd252b2b54709071fc66afc796d/52937183685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yptea.com/data/fckeditor/files/ledipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/dopuxodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11961102137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/kojidefawuregizejabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/59005428823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210919135346565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.informacion-indoorclub.com/boletines/img/file/8969283271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/jilopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eetravel.net/file/morepobovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dec0120eb---33106197488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/9091168220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/52631363431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unixsensor.com/uploads/files/202109100128353624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xyr59.com/filespath/files/20210913170358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161562d2d71a2e---98437940601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobi.md/userfiles/file/82114910508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paliravoxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/mifopegoriguforilutimedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/57415303215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210918083057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/9161926396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161332753517fb---zofutute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+compress+file+in+mobilePDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/gexojiwukepefexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB856 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 80bdd56f0d266900dc77c59a6cea61ae1abe08d61dc7c7d6cc1cd726a443dafd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE257 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6E 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 5be2af68347a696c6f6394d2bcdf400b2dd457e6c3aa59ec25222d296c5486df