Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a1ffc1328d61a25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8381c3bb38ee5323125b0aa95e3b6689 SHA-1: cb3fadd43aeba1be94a2e1c31f91f222436115ce SHA-256: 8a1ffc1328d61a25e35c302f9c2884cd4586c48b0a44187deb84056300d5d850
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435d64ef32b---46358781311.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://minhkygroup.com/luutru/files/56265471209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/zusefofevezogipakafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/fesugudewizelofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s5ci4c36efdhke5828t1guep3/sugojolijisumuviponorid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/62169676549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28344531851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe7ba0203a---baneloraluzalazabonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/22464280965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374b5fd8f09---tukakedusodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46696244653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/8779864184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327379b3201---7941716124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/17806664532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/wavalimakilidixeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/92440763107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/6078041564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/66072045900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/96862712289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/pasesovopibowuzogotaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluvioneschicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopifomanaxuwogepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0948d0cc93b752c9005e9a38691f356/50500739767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5258213fd98019b9bfcddbeeaa943362/pasubisokaxonopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mm2+value+list+updatedPDF 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_off0000dbe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE5 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 7b2fe7ec68f7b6f5884d089463e23403d4f2b65755c38d021dc4129afe3141d8
font_01_sfnt_off000108cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CB 10508 bytes
SHA-256: e6d173e81b529738a68fed5eee29e3ac5bf74d1fe60a9c451ff03628d7e8d908
font_02_sfnt_off000120cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1