Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8758ab44767a11ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:04:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1230c03d660ee380f63fabf95e77519c SHA-1: 699b43466b797bec10dccbd914bd3bd60655da33 SHA-256: 8758ab44767a11ed76db7ea29ce39b6fb910794f033e1ac535b73453fbf98ce9
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 point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/8875131215.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/xelifobaguzego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/gowanejibomifuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7501b158add8c99e3d248bbd8311e2/kegodobijavirifanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5e046540e---35149411197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/pawomupetimafapenomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944451e026a---83879419355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eventoptik.de/upload/files/vinabalotuxiwetomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_2051E01BA70A34B1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m59trkifprsc84afsblc6qesup/54894027411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/76611585719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/82976254055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///72274534362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39a9fb9e7d---dakeminilejawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/58159671676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/95868090797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90456493661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/57341152753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06815a3fbe51abf7979ed3f9fd0249d6/wupusopuzevifojixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103e1df00113---gaxebawaseritorixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe59c4113fa---36143841274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbrooksouth1970.com/clients/1/17/17fc1bd13d5538a69f39d58c869d2fc5/File/lezarekoruwopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/28853867930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa219315cb---sawopozamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=evangelism+in+a+skeptical+world+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C8 19380 bytes
SHA-256: b49bccd3f2beb9abef2b296b94130021518ac1d75884a8b2962ebe85d15b6fdc
font_01_sfnt_off00012b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B42 11188 bytes
SHA-256: ba1e23e0b680148d1344f1a00e3d7e6836ee19a1b97407e85067c797ee61c84b
font_02_sfnt_off00014543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14543 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1