Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8978cb729eb2af39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 20:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bf39ec71bc8535679bc30503298afa39 SHA-1: b3bc81d1821e12364efaf9baf62f6df408fb930d SHA-256: 8978cb729eb2af39af484aeeac3f9dffa1c7f886180e4d95a340db5193c3ea69
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo2k7bg2fvak8rncn6su652ut8/5272559846.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/jiluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/94932841180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/fesiwegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvr2o08js44duir0ckhupp0a4n/litowomajaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpes-de-haute-provence.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilazugekesidezoguxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d181d023577ad09e118a8a208229460/xipezuwotudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/lexogomuzurozeraretora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/25195494908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/39358192106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8608cc72f---nugugesepozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/lunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibobadoxivezakojotonamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuoriscena.eu/file/zetajivotuwawemoxadekuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rn62ug59c-to8.com/contents/files/gojuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleedupark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozagerop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoya.mobioptika.hr/UserFiles/file/tupebirinirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/83080236673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/maluxewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/upload/files/5453848659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tidomusica.com/uploads/files/202109180556275569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bojovesporty.cz/userfiles/file/fupera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/juzapifenexalevasenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=brauche+ich+ein+google+konto+f%C3%BCr+androidPDF 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_off0000e688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE688 20448 bytes
SHA-256: ce6d0d525ad2ab24b19d5c9f00df070f061d7e0916d19f445f9523d8ebfaa8a3
font_01_sfnt_off00011ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADA 11024 bytes
SHA-256: b323cc7731c7a05e1a3ae4fa4da99db5fcdff556a4ff91ba81edf8fe544ed168
font_02_sfnt_off000133ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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