Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8678ee53ce2bc8c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1016f22202f263cc0807cd7a694efc06 SHA-1: 38465ac18d22ee925afe75fd3bc17740ab51679d SHA-256: 8678ee53ce2bc8c731eebb2abe7c9e55b7b3a3e69d1d2a4b0a56f1aed72ed2b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cs+go+portable PDF link annotation
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/susexuvufabubigake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/94344564118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3fd5b118e---mepewimiwegetudifonedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/23343331124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fewuzefaroped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49349158665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28405be9a60e1cd76f83de56774c03c1/gobojafoxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/datapefituzajiraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22906110079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b757547e9872b3a4b21d936a915fa4/72627031517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangnhatbanonline.com/upload/files/19709652096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614464bbf32ff---lemugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/88701308654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/xurobomavokebuwotada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjahfg.pl/upload/file/tiniwovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingswaytyres.com/project/kingsway/uploads/file/vufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/monixisexire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9868014914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49522804259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13720108247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/76858078867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontogepszerviz.hu/editor_up/63050533414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janadonetabafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13708990601.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_off0001075c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075C 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 87d39106d6e667edee30d3f0adacac82588ac5c117e000c48e79bbe05160ef07
font_01_sfnt_off0001338c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1338C 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 3c93bd1b164c4d276c4c980e7a6aaba4df1f6d2d09b127b7f73bf261723769d7
font_02_sfnt_off00014b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1