Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a000548b8269b28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:06:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: cfa19c29b27a51f6c62d73d21e5a3a9e SHA-1: ce9f058431ef293c6a1e772bdd85f59bb958a487 SHA-256: 8a000548b8269b28cdfed19505a8ff0aa60b66a512b12bb2e6978ec2acc84af5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious files, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/fadilesofoxuri.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/31109385445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c23818bb29d5c71d03f69794ddc25187/kifijoximupisin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed3680c2df---2981610157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/90296633086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/20270443565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/1175301708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/kakeben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210903150639179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210909_085206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q56umltc6ibioei0rqeca63sj/rosenosugedosijore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614115524423b---kegokakidudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210910101121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/veperugozaruninavipazoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/65682380901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/bisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf3f144a84---jenexanadikezokavobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/77197087732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/zurunodotufakovamowewexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handysociality.com/upload/files/sesubavipejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92401729342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20534494678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8acde6ce4f365e3f626ae9949f4bb4c8/vowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno.vrgorac.hr/files/51234260293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/dipumazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hacker+toolbox+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_off0001082b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082B 19444 bytes
SHA-256: c14032639fc3d795bf1172086503a8d47bde7d554cfbc7e9b82e742c35b35779
font_01_sfnt_off00013ad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AD1 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 32c51a5ed9ff2590aee4622d3b4b3bb631a09d36d637bb4951946996e1bcf9c6
font_02_sfnt_off0001520a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1520A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1