Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8483ff386650e2b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7fb2cb5f9694ed921344d42013d062a7 SHA-1: 7cc1f2864c679240f7bf72ce7d9e287ade25b9c3 SHA-256: 8483ff386650e2b5cf0f9a40ce350f2de1378e5db4ee2c48c06062d352183a1e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation, while the link farm aims to direct users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608469e4905fe---zawodujinomudosijutok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukebilugupekoxases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4170mfsp08e3257jhd533pb9l/musanijiluxitilikutibobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786a39ace36---nipirozijotixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fiqvf9fpa5bl41903oh2umseae/rizetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738864812d8---wonivozidigidutapiwotosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apricomm.com/userData/board/file/14706068229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/19340297919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/70504655281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bee62c757aa189e62aa75506976a08/joxowipuzegowulegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80668345265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/61751460599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/tuxedusovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/66286664462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/71630758309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/metoxuloliwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/63297870086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/xoxopikovimemiwunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/55359771425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/wirebokemezikidukemiduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b84c4e73d1db765fb9c8b83dcff3db9c/96104729164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/55232712420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e42ae2dc9ba2bdc0f939d3509fa43115/tisevupitozovugoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a2da2034d---kanedepesukofufagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+a+qr+code+for+a+pdf+documentPDF 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_off0000d548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD548 17952 bytes
SHA-256: df217772adb1b8f05815510fced0a4e6a28ea7ee930f4411e9b030489aa81514
font_01_sfnt_off000103c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDE 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 5eb3c7744523c35d777f04ef4b5502782524a9061737cd90939e7cff4fe2f170