Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8517eaace8f4cb06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:30:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd63c1a1024f986f033836de3b806174 SHA-1: 2d07725d8ec3f1ec135259776d3ab07a861bab48 SHA-256: 8517eaace8f4cb063ee7ed54628f3998689e224ea171751a3fb45607270c1380
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via a link farm for phishing or further payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toad+in+the+hole+with+stuffing
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/072253822a9738a3dc12d71c99db5ad2/fitiziwejexadibujuxe.pdf
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c97409f93783dc2df0fd23f4314557d9/laviwaruxizi.pdf
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/kejule.pdf
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781f1ab13f1---bilopexivewawumiwumefef.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3b8aa06d9---25605310940.pdf
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmo8lle4es2m7uhdb08lp42bdr/35571925917.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf035acc988---53844782145.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7e27ced13---zexomebezabisetire.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/vinumiw.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609757d79ceb4---rijitewewaneziminase.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f29dac23c9---gisosevepunune.pdf
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cf0cbfb23---86082944130.pdf
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202151987213916.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009d5578b4b4830ccb8a8c495af2b723/92115351642.pdf
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euihhvv4vsthehjk4ci24cjgds/xakosuperosegom.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/xovisafebufuvewimul.pdf
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b6509c4ad7d622e0c515dca11aebd00/mepusurotifo.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2od447voek6noas9813beb6j4l/nijewiwogukoferidi.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd5d607c754b4005da673eae181954e/54600746290.pdf
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075749ed7026---26764472037.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73493045548.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd0e5d2f20---36869358463.pdf
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/667198d43ccb35e666533813fc0d832d/mijavutasob.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_off0000f370.bin
b9a91bb5effe65fcb51f061f8a1fcd3c0f9c5db71992eebcd75da46a62dacc8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF370 10680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123c9.bin
583b6c9852ada6e454152cb98d5efcf9e36651bb167eff5a1a3cc26b270b5a22
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C9 18416 bytes