Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8482f0c68d495f18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:06:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 541837ab305d694b4469b25af05c9f03 SHA-1: fe9e8d734bf1ca5f5cfc1be6c846b355f142f85f SHA-256: 8482f0c68d495f18bb61df28bd51b44c9018e19cb3bbaecb5ecbd2eb80952570
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely for further exploitation or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ln80.cn/filespath/files/20210912120655.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/57163239798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilcafe.it/userfiles/file/26686008633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dirubogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614298e5c14f9---73255299368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16765846682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pukumujogibudawusilizafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portofcrotone.com/dati/upload/file/luridasigezoxujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149bdec6f4ee---27196909530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///sewoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8kf4did2u71t780dsd1inkbi6/38875896594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144958208d90---68252441943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-mill.jp/images/file/nolelixumixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents/files/23063805708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210913_062755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/32316042118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/42435276913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/vonazova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/xupaxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345d7262492---pavukufakoloxirisevuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theptaynam.vn/upload/files/73391714749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekamape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381ea24b5b6---meroxinupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v0q3vq8ub7ho13hg7i32ub5q8/kiwaxulubipese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/48194633849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/xalezikijoxaretorikurogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467ed51ac6b---36821297409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=apple+messenger+for+androidPDF 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_off0000df8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8D 10724 bytes
SHA-256: c4850d141697dbe858e462154d8236812eaed851cd70f517c8a9322b2acd741c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ffd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FFD 16688 bytes
SHA-256: ecbb3696b2dafed2020b1a78a24ccbe0c267a7eee3552e326a5968f112c6b2c2