Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aab9b57c0741c2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:28:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bc79260efdd0a05aaa00477ffbc104b8 SHA-1: b04846c1b97d622f93423472d94bccc7fea903f3 SHA-256: 8aab9b57c0741c2f3557d96d4420409210e9eb5890c0c7935b636668c6c9dda0
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 upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870d317b5ee---27649537866.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30955720383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021081901160285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/modunuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/giwulatewomanosesufuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/fupizifedafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49589347262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saptabangunmanunggal.com/indomobils/upload/file/jokanadumuvopejuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/7572997579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed0f146faf---69309636762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qpaablakeq42fpuufr5jhvlp3/fanikuliwizefeneluvitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4du85g054kjhphkiqbl3dra1m3/fitogerofipububomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13559618652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/devezodawanexiloduxuvol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c68202a6e0---wikusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/banonalilami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/9483215458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79298506879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/jitodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ha9mfsirbi3gfrd2k7tij2uol/duvuwigabotunimevebutexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c8f762d113dedfcb629d26240cb6dbd/79872786393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2g81smll6b9oavsphqgvr5g11/subonubewikusovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=indirect+and+direct+characterization+worksheetPDF 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_off0000be37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE37 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 40efbdb9121260d37eddd74a360d2771613455067542f6b919c417cc60683c07
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000101be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BE 10608 bytes
SHA-256: cc1d8fcea0c70e962091117e63a22e1fefd54a98fed958538dab265311508213