Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8759b38a00e0fc9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 10:12:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 690374c76d472de753aa850b5f2e4fc5 SHA-1: 8ae529a10d4e75c4f8ab22494060bac21675b0ad SHA-256: 8759b38a00e0fc9b71a2c19cfbd7444854ec8b6b6ced9047f053b85777c842fa
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external URLs. Several heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript is a strong indicator of malicious intent, likely to facilitate the download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/temodezog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/rinifupavazuxosodazibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2240501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/96024324785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210917065137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decorstore.eu/upload/file/vefebusizemuruzaganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/76575216607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gexaxamisin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145057b9350a---69952428599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/labivarekuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614849eed2197---45190330348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152961b9080f---bupufukisavaledodasanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/53078141193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/nimowugosezedogamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f941fffcc6070186dbab435e336881/5784044594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161501c266cdbe---jaregepesivupiluviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pilizupunizejomisatofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210902130430_eul9kv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.beautyvogue.ch/Files/file/petajagumufegoridujalizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinchenfast.com/upload/file/dakuzadunirutadevadawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65215862934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d22f734ff79df6ad5af96209505186ed/23800597527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mab-solutions.fr/upload/file/45211786533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://owop.challengersports.com/userfiles/files/gujilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ip+webcam+pythonPDF 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_off0000b3cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CF 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 2cdf75f9da4230f7426033341504c19505faaef2c88c18bc42a1bd6adbfcccbe
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE386 15408 bytes
SHA-256: a5f98610922b431f99df901f199885626aba970a058d25bd75cfade737390c7e