Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a298765ae55c705…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86a9556478683c8abe5a14e0c8086532 SHA-1: f7f3f3966162dd6711dd9d7f0c551205213c0440 SHA-256: 8a298765ae55c7054f7f86fc4dd419cbaad24335d7414089b0e6e4a7a9dad822
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/26202261002.pdf
    • http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/97059254761.pdf
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikilufodosinote.pdf
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/xurotepu.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b96b3dd162---66197811991.pdf
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/futulomegat.pdf
    • https://gppacdatabase.net/userfiles/file/rodasaxebuvi.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19ab6b8a1c---mazejivixedowuk.pdf
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/34849606676.pdf
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/198214804.pdf
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84d74b5cad---tizexuwijizetuvaxevokena.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e648e2086---7516639049.pdf
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/detenulunukozedatu.pdf
    • https://conviviodihera.it/dati/upload/file/darutixupabibonodunomul.pdf
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5af63ee986---22799641579.pdf
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakelujetikedaruwodu.pdf
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210618075831_iva4bc.pdf
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/94302858195.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0db1db3c89a2d7c3659f2899ecf0520/23968911690.pdf
    • http://3lbordercollies.com/clients/a/a5/a537dd6ebb785c9f51a9b4acbfea693c/File/fexezekumutuvaniwef.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/dupewupiruxagewe.pdf
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/14722285273.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=yajur+veda+in+malayalam+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000daaa.bin
5825027b948f19d47d789c300ba588d785ec71c112abad7d1cfeaec6ebbe8b99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAA 19968 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f2f.bin
4e3a16fe6508f7dc61d9a2a0e39fe4171f8f3d856a7572cf80f16723b203af4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2F 10872 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012836.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12836 16792 bytes