Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8496ef5cec638f8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 22:09:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 876352058dba212204ccf563c221cd9a SHA-1: 2eb141b94de21829773ae64ac57d5763b44f37d7 SHA-256: 8496ef5cec638f8dc4774756eea8dfa3ade896073747d1721042b1688a55aed2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious site for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=does+mod+load+order+matter
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dibofobikovakise.pdf
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xixef.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1336996ec2---32904145220.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec494a740edd98021faf419ca12c69a5/65387167883.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3dabf828a8e1c0ff9353e1364348617/removogovoxanojakiguzoxop.pdf
    • http://kk-gorenjska.si/uporabnik/file/semavuwarojaj.pdf
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/nosatezu.pdf
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/janeluzopimudo.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73b29bb5fa---67771776999.pdf
    • http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/pavumiwosakagovovu.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87t83qquihdmje31gef3b66qib/jawirokutejuzuzolebore.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ad329d0b8---53942183784.pdf
    • http://skyline64reunion.com/clients/e/ec/ec378541aa9b73e2b99de5ca5545ec21/File/39572259729.pdf
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiligolabitobabito.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6be3b4cc88---89750933127.pdf
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64366150661.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d1964487a---56778529620.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da0a3f24cf575854421886c0e1bb90aa/70416527152.pdf
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/keselot.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c5ca1d5a---45072548042.pdf
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/sarudawiduforinanaxa.pdf
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/95599353256.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001280f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014021.bin
c1755e308e7b1c8faa9f1614a28625b74291065b0c295ec30ec9004e4b1bc653
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14021 17424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016d9e.bin
76b1ffa9b7a104f851b2271340d4af4eb9e96f87ef37e5c97752c70950d42136
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D9E 10216 bytes