Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8788be5d7a7abf30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d93015907c951bc5a6e2bc6b7af85d0c SHA-1: e488a6b0889071d89824723f8e0ccb9bebb8ceef SHA-256: 8788be5d7a7abf3015579fb0552c449ee25c755225d62abbadfa8d939ccd36dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e4cd66344---balesotepanawowowolipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dltt95hf08m7k919s1om51nlio/sidemusimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c7e9d8486---74399052433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/96127375560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/46536032702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/15685806950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/18037328274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ff4297ada022db7dedbbaa25bc7ca2/28251530305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlqckhn6h3ds3r5l0crkkb2no8/zemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210602154006604343o73s6k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95cl3lj9tbocv32fju851o8k8u/mopolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35606ha4sg0kj5bdo1aie79t1d/dudugoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/zaremezemafegovujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac55e18b26---13673411796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f339f731f3---nufamiluwokefowurejaxuvol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609430e88a994---30183501161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/sitazomofara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/10110830921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/jomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbad56cd9127126f16b33641a2fbc4d1/wowajivesikovajipaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34134c637689c71b50cb8b0ad8e517d/fuvetadozeginiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/23641228760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/rinupomokiserugonitisurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=global+implications+definitionPDF 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_off0000f48c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48C 10860 bytes
SHA-256: b217dd39febe142786620a84df389fdd330ff5213c829601bf04db951878aa23
font_01_sfnt_off00010d67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D67 19908 bytes
SHA-256: 48f8e62220c92852ba8bfdbcbae81ae05136314a29c5f065ae4c6769a749fabc
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1