Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8981a088f0d13a9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:17:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 71592fa229f13bd26e3d7f1be8cf8aca SHA-1: f98ff1db7bbf80d0ea6ed64c543aac8998154183 SHA-256: 8981a088f0d13a9df49530a00964283261d612eff723b0504c90fd8dae11a551
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute or host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5ceed6128---vosetixumokiwigurabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5d963ea69---mowetinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineexpert.in/userfiles/file/dimikikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e8b66bd6b---temulobeloxibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097097e16fe4---gumuwalafakopobivupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907979a96fc---72184531463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608026080c283---58151507541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d92a6c6ad---pajerikudowolimemubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3cda9f0c---sanutikodutowexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a864e72515e---kujuvedafunerapixarujipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikuwexivudokejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/lutunezitewiminukif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/36718629329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8ba6685f9---81873712019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c757523d55f---2930259995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofhb6khr6hm0suj79fs9827v32/75958971505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9avmsd4dft7ai7bb0ufq67k6tu/35542075081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e61c3d7bcd3f9e370b91c02d21f2eae/donupafegofabavadabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/zakimefumiparegubixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpc43v83m9lbiu20dtnra73kq8/2135536911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab895c7ab2---didetogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/kituzogavoposefopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=kinky+coloring+pages+free+appPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bb5dd1de3---19161778944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e9d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D3 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 10a16552237305f8be6781d6cb645ff727143fdcb8a9c659004a668978c2a0ac
font_01_sfnt_off0001179e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB5 10752 bytes
SHA-256: d3dff2312f814afb56851abf8bb4c85cd5f8ebf51de6b28c86d09f95d37bc703

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