Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8760e0a9eed77f72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 02:55:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f20e4e452b029cf0eb10d99bac45b2c1 SHA-1: b883d3764a9a7185d09b0068198df7de86ecde0d SHA-256: 8760e0a9eed77f72b0d88fbaf2f2b459b4ff56f5ff1914a3efb25edf86b72f83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious URLs. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to these external sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/15549335074.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/22987756848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97f5e1d31f---60084684146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c33c3ca795---48864297192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78545f0293---zinatawajegadejotasaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92fiq36jq7cq66jc0871cljkk4/jebevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/saxedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/gurononorepefojofibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dea4db1c1---dujajotixawidisesirid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///29020952542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najopifixokokaliburikowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/mixelivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2d9ac89972abc7e0e4f1216ec05b162/dokekunasuvome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e658225d---medore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfj8mrejepuobekknb5njl15j1/95351471357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/96624657518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96785675860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/vijireninejonedolisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/60215823629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/69474933935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/795a6f82ab8705b97748d462bbd27c38/83161973331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbdbd03cd2---sedikisipodujokanofeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d12592aca409eec96a29c3776fba32/fexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fichas+de+aumentativos+y+diminutivos+primaria+para+imprimirPDF 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_off0000da48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA48 18036 bytes
SHA-256: cb6308d91c53d9b5280f70a9cfac82454246b82b4762e32e486e45855d60ae96
font_01_sfnt_off000107c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C5 10988 bytes
SHA-256: e30a45c5ed03ed99af0d4a7504edb06019d678addb4af3bf0ea6bd8f4834dce8
font_02_sfnt_off0001212c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1212C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1