Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a7bee2269fd8c2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 05:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4624ae68594a8a9469798b6c341eadf5 SHA-1: dd2ddd2acc037a298a3da6160f84cd13a7676cd9 SHA-256: 8a7bee2269fd8c2cfc92acb9c36e3ea2c17129d8cbe8b6a772a82f22127eec78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, suggesting a lure to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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 https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/82967552513.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizozamizigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b6bf7d45f3---kejewatotipobeperabulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/91401706845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/takeviludajeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36014523535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/nefuzugoduvedivejapomija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210907102931_cnrehr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///zodenebedasibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/somakarevutuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613914ee3ffc3---nesubapired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1agcmh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezugojorazovikekega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/rosafirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65404339682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/jiparotikatifivurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/65538013539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/648653da5e08197fd1e77f61d0662534/zuwemowodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrentals.com/userfiles/file/19753861374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/83724454043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsiaoying.com/userfiles/file/45860507902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveursetsavoirs.fr/image/file/11415291667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/79813384221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/pakedagofixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=prince+of+persia+trilogy+ps2+isoPDF 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_off0000d280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD280 21280 bytes
SHA-256: 0484f7fb21149630d30ebf29ac68beca7d4612f60683be0fbec91a313c84c2d3
font_01_sfnt_off000108e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FB 10892 bytes
SHA-256: eb7d9cdf622a01482fe1a70276166190fc191517536c084af86e18495bc75472