Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8902d058f72a6ebd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:20:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a7507985bf1706ec99c34260b3ec3cf8 SHA-1: 7dd53d9e9c92217b558580044296904df249c90d SHA-256: 8902d058f72a6ebdd66c7ec6228cbe48b212e9c9094c07ba0159d3e4f261a05a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for distributing malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be directing users to download malicious files disguised as free software or game modifications.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec0fdc4c90---65981800553.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/sagabufogobifikexapeboko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/wasapumutobusejadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/28548091607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5832372149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osayit.com/images/file/13091779198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/xexubipupefasasebijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhaxuongbinhduong.com/upload/files/gubolekufifaxana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/16694099676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/tuximidejosajufavolezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3vg9a39hu5gu8p0dd88u82nkc/wemenadutuwijasamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d15ae86e1---kawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibojixijoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424fdac1696---42949294624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e261214761---36265302525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/10233646948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/tibaluvoxifawunutugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/nupixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/nomabegitabefexalifezopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/gobitagosawedizitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/novoxerurojenefovirufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86746332964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144db79d752e---rizuxexitoluzova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikorti-iao.com/userfiles/files/gerojideduvitezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+dr+driving+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c5d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5D5 10688 bytes
SHA-256: d10f2a7b3d4a6391015c7b90af2d7d26f7f180c1aa903dd3b2937165ff1c56b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000de14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF626 16224 bytes
SHA-256: 409c0a34ddae065f47cde5877a5536cee7e29868daed646435d246af3a2a55c2