Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8603296be9bd67a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:26:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 85398ded3ce3e42cec8b85c1f57891a9 SHA-1: 0070d45b85e0d84dc1135fa0909a0456f1863282 SHA-256: 8603296be9bd67a18740f8fd87626b0985dd82667b58335ba9a1b8eb864de57c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are designed to lure users into downloading further payloads or submitting sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2006+toyota+4runner+maintenance+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca531e8e08---33432851891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/90826839621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/xunuriru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/81342680540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a384c57dd650546359245ac420f40234/gelawezowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujirasezetofukanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/toberazigupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/51033495164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b96ffb404d73d4703fc1c9f52a4ada/watagifavuredajowiwufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/lemejoduziwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dh2sn8sq3d1c0vngr65s790f85/rutuxudokepubavewigirabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17910182806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54140298016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/34370609699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d804aab6d2200301ac3f8493c775fe3/37111742565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/55373257403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themis-lex.com/userfiles/files/rajulonogotubimewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/5215503732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/vatebugatisiduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608179f1697cd---74889414263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/wesite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0n2ve12b27efkjaa65konael87/diwanelijexosafapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aa06433fb---vubobaxivazesegotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95435393445.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_off000109b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B1 10828 bytes
SHA-256: cbe87389391a20cdba65583d8f61eeb621b7c31f7e684c87894bac59b3cbd81f
font_01_sfnt_off000122bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BF 18184 bytes
SHA-256: e87ce2033b23585a8a87b765adf3edcf08a295490a3e30aacb2de4480f000676
font_02_sfnt_off00015211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15211 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1