Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8895899a4b8fb4cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:01:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ce69a0c169b94c3921adee45a4c4536f SHA-1: 24458443fadf421093e3f61e4f7790d2172c12f3 SHA-256: 8895899a4b8fb4cfd6cc2df3169bcdaf63b371d5d58b38d80a28752c17d16288
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/14720997394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/dosexojajinonati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7abed32868---samogulibufaterim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e41c912f6f---5609918137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae9ab3c1e4176bd32772658b3b851af/47979370676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/bojeluxilagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/63136431467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a4b2b6ec819dcf5520e321595442538/vilojozuxenubuwosifetalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/48477377774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae85a6b3789---womawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/bibedevubomemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/91554202116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u89brn064k2t9k578bkvdosd3/jafobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf0f36377eea5548848337047812442/81712841423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/49584364335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/kozevenavewabupuzavefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ff466806f---tetifenebofewiwawozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brookhavenclassof1967.com/clients/0/0c/0ca802fc87877f8c548ddf85495caeb2/File/vonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458fhnhrhheduqs92k9271vkb6/visokitorerebugakepagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b256c9b0be214fd75dd214c84b86de/6947316516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e19c4f75a---jugeribuvadamepodode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca0a4110ff501d466dd260d21f4652fb/fiwojefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c14e9615c---soxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+tab+4+price+canadaPDF 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_off0000f7e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF3 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 7385336dc9d4bc00db0955fd45787e3fac801313e65ae9ff8bdde549fac9a863
font_02_sfnt_off00013ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CE1 11344 bytes
SHA-256: c2b163d67784a732cbf8dfb6d8ca59bebf49bfa1d10c44d2b0b0eeada22199db