Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8880df8ed8f71dcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:10:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7bf4bb7dc7c4ee5674db21737a05115f SHA-1: 4b3c1d3bb98231372337178692749c0e58667c5f SHA-256: 8880df8ed8f71dcdeb971295a1f4e6c972eac63cfaf60f065bdfd5835f147be8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadizubute.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/63352348782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/lizaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/14819925370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/xasawaxuwijiwivefexasune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/62546703725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/duzobarizukoberup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnamvina.vn/rich_editor/file/vasofutovopipemizuvusijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/34605899092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/26068716158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lifodoxogokobozopaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/79670396387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/xogisixumuxatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614840644fcf3---gorokuvofotezobiziwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnvvr.ro/userfiles/file/37780719848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/zilekipetufevisamamaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon2.solar-napkollektor.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74113512553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruvinodji.com/Userfiles/file/78620395961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415bb03eed0---54480972788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/wonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/lojubusidozonujarido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/zisomerovepawokumodevavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136017c72494---45643437434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210907091249_94564800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/zomufalaresoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pes+2012+android+%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bfea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFEA 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 29db6ecedca738533b355732428a07c58c88f415c9ff28b6bdbbcf90819b45c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79C 17444 bytes
SHA-256: b61b919d3f29f2e5187d40a83dffed8cb85d8b02b081eafbdee58896c7d50aa2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF179 17400 bytes
SHA-256: cb083acc6b33d487e164268c96285e2854009b106ec2822576d83d0cb7bebe62
font_03_sfnt_off00010bcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCB 20244 bytes
SHA-256: d0ed6a3336ddbc3ece56796a862d7dc130063fc1cc302a45dbeb8d8c566417e2