Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8647c0de69d1392d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-10-03 14:54:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: cf319484a9a825c89cdb6c05245e7803 SHA-1: 44af95a6b134d63c0c824781fd0ed60105b4b251 SHA-256: 8647c0de69d1392d34a20cb0084609d0a4b827dd585e4b9ffdeec4af903be33c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jeera+for+weight+loss PDF link annotation
    • http://metzgerei-bischof.de/userfiles/file/pafovejokizikodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/38123426187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/52410707902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/81665318416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aiddhbkcq5bcaz.xn--p1ai/upload/files/66958665131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabedibokimedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zunomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u8ivh04r91b95scvkk8ipqarj/52309946865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaeditecne.it/userfiles/file/siromebitowirejevufofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awards.nl/img/cms/file/jotetodejoposobelara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce34128c9015cc86cfffbf3d50548acc/64343111231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/23884937211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/89070212438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/rusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17662254021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/pajiginaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/rajajubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingtassinari.eu/userfiles/files/nosizureve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/getak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/motilerog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d917d8a13c22d660669b2d360d675d/59522162966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/98065633890.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_off0000acb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xACB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4C9 15068 bytes
SHA-256: 5034fc8336b64773305d8b7d53900fe749670de39f0a6f0a416aa4090d6dfd70
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB1B 10464 bytes
SHA-256: ecbed1ed30a30f6196b3fdaf9e429cb049d575f43c4eef979e8faab510fb288b