Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8974392fa597de14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6ff1fa3adc065af61300d850e1c81b6d SHA-1: a8b35a69b7d067b3e170ab94d19db7a9512f1f6d SHA-256: 8974392fa597de14ebfcb2668dda0b02d480f951615b2c4eaa192c2bdaa24f11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

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://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/48410947705.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/jadorulaxufatunenuduzeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210911010113171870u74cn3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/lifezivuxowiwepudigenifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebammenglueck.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisibuzirumeweborot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/latoboketidepobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb48b01a354893ff02aabcd4565868a6/60372714213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvarowuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/87382781018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/95633119673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed130a37ab---197639155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boki.hu/editor_up/16390792738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9d203aacf---poxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c04e5297c---xemapufadimosevavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613997d735d27---55931429470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domexpo.ru/up/file/wafikisabogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/jezabipexezukixagebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/wivogepejumefekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99494574579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb6605143f---zaxiruxopofizinipodoxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetrafluoro.com/upload/files/posusiwuditelokekuxerav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugirubusukanizomitiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93300634757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=android+privacy+issuesPDF 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_off0000ec70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10482 17876 bytes
SHA-256: b0f0c04b33c34b9dcb59f384a1ed9e1a178ea8c1281a47dd3a37acc1f8fed09c
font_02_sfnt_off00013296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13296 10624 bytes
SHA-256: ab2c8e551878b86e598af6c419bdc4c056ec38a7c41ae727b71837f8b1170148