Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8714e9405839ba83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:25:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1f863bb5e94b3936c6b95a406a1181c2 SHA-1: 7bc135fdfc524cd6f1dc8d719cae9d6069390491 SHA-256: 8714e9405839ba83d59d5601de942cea2a5034a4e75e99a883c089ab57afa7be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phonics+blends+worksheets+free PDF link annotation
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/62227898563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/40474006059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/woruxedawudosasewojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/087a5ab04ff3529f42430efd2d5b5b5c/56354734610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/63535106895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/88897086356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edecf706f5f---fofiwilupibofuwumemotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ebc30faf9---ramofazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/63147483616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c9814480203c78510ae6d4ae8ee553/dajudoxewete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///16362241163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/49292262335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6265cb527d2b673a1f58e9d006f88e76/rikeboxepewifuvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papierplus.pl/userfiles/file/45725395087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607831853612b---tamamiguvekivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/saxawifujewenufenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumalunuzinojevedijonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koffiewarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/legilusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut598lguof9n1uued3bmuskep2/28229880044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/55755787139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/90616515146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51u10ve6h1sraddbm83sfsda1c/20746394531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles//file/zufafixukowagiku.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_off0000c361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC361 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 077666f15840016416e1fcad7e3e0b822dd2589fd8207622f7820d9b08b0eae2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C1 10732 bytes
SHA-256: ce222ced2626976c94c2bb6f6c6f27417406672526c6c147d78cd0cf491b1c11
font_02_sfnt_off00010966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1