Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8906aac5b5660ff2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: baab4cb2aaedeb244c8b17012dceb4ac SHA-1: a9d41d249d000492fae2b3f1e24d5ac7bd490726 SHA-256: 8906aac5b5660ff2297a7f6fa8932f4b31345d921171fc13ff42383dcb2bb672
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 distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to one of the listed malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcb453c174b---pepafopuzifojizune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/32122442009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46a6f140ce---musabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/52128376933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekadei172lrcuhcej9um8ejlo2/57516688354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukuwalise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/pujuxuponorozibitetefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210720170645034957433it9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents/files/rexisubipufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsverano.com/UserFiles/File/ravewavapiliwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/72531466233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860442b71d9---logidisevigogomezarunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/moduvajeruxasexabusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cebdbb3f07---65686951614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/mameradumunepije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737f196bb6d---97727699516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60921530188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lq025dg0bkqo6e8btf92c4d8c1/96552352596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/nuxalesetudeluririj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veitali.com/upload/files/92940436488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/29185067294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/28387524608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/89024839721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofotiradazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/25390542264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=entrevista+estructurada+y+semiestructurada+pdfPDF 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_off0000b2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC4 14860 bytes
SHA-256: 8eb6370d8840f88d12bd1c46da98dbed3228cf01a9f8e189e64fb250cbb891ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000f002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF002 10880 bytes
SHA-256: c3055319817a12cec3a40de81e8d47d79f333fab690addcc2044002fd4203686