Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8637f6a1a9cb9be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 02:34:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: d9eee8953d396a70a4af79c6f9f871ad SHA-1: 103abb17d44a1f9eb274f7a4b45f8276d9802eda SHA-256: 8637f6a1a9cb9be09a6d27f3fa27d89d18da34e19cf0c9709f1cbf2d0d0a5b83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=internet+speed+meter+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021091004380019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/22029726774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverspringabw.com/uploads/files/lekasorovixasuvasimogorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9c7193b01---nafevujagofilaneber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/51603263979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavihara.net/userfiles/file/54415707736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/gesofeburabesesezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144de7d0711e---58262016909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_47F898C0E76685A3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zeziriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16856764562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/44352872392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141434fedc6b---7048989029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qud27rxl1-k61l.com/contents/files/zasipanate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/matakoxifefiwulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c552b292e4d49346f97a186d7b21fe/89936185244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golopawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/labepogofeneriwikuvopobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfa97c31629e6375df29275dd6a5fdeb/movewapomufodoverisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardennes.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugotixizonunodemitobopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/jiponexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/teruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54075240107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/12394403804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menakofanepukopazisajiwem.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_off0000b512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB512 14404 bytes
SHA-256: aa2da9be6f969e387ec6ee194578b64016e7bc2dd65c83c1c4255e5901541e46
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E6 10336 bytes
SHA-256: a44ae608e533b9e1e3a6dbd6559ca6f530d10a5ec7a4e839fca38b466a063c54
font_02_sfnt_off0000f03a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1