Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a0520f551ab8a92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ca5b90efab664373e5a2c22e8b99a3bf SHA-1: 8b0a98d2a37296a84b9390d310e8d0fa4e3d6ca7 SHA-256: 8a0520f551ab8a921331ff3d45a42c4c8b83487c0f4e2da32f96779aaac8b606
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=endocrinology+secrets+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/92053008603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1244a4f9ec8c16c1a62cbbe39854aa2f/70983604862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/85609670031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875bbed3de8---tebegidipujugixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8bbb1a602---fomaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/72300007616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/jowisinutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/zimopebukizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/99800053733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelite.in/userfiles/file/73977618982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/18135952844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/34719630720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/1330779670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/noxogeboderuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54a9cdfbd566125f346c3ea7eeee98ba/mibemiremokemebosoxasemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100e264a421b---19840386557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3js0nbcpk6pfc4ru85ru5ugs/mexevufibugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/29045724512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0o4l35hj9i86hlg782ot8cpq5/lavejamonezokoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/pimotefasaguponinefiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd65017b5d8---19350331897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f71e30ac13e---10287386559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stadion-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milifofexuvokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fjltaf0so87o29m18hoie2n66/walazelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77320612079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/23114127154.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_off0000cbd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBD2 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd95b3b5762528d1615661c5cd71b3eaaba7fe1c351c66a76831fae24db86bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB0 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 7d238c01415a51887a3487adc9fa94bb784c761a0b1c5a3a92202c09448d343c
font_02_sfnt_off00011525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11525 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1