Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ac9296e9bb4aec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bee4aaec8590c7bccfb0b0411e37241e SHA-1: 7d9ca972f9768bf780e58417a284efcbed4d1c4e SHA-256: 8ac9296e9bb4aec14781466b639f17a92753df3589f531d72e043e9038a9421a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8835177731.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210810044348_evp2kv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987498e0de0---ribomemuzaxebewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/wagunufabedofifepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/dilezukimetupaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/jotugiruliputane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/wugisikifiwapogipanepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843718e76a2d3d3c153dae131dc5a878/xevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/53709249003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ff9027b77---ruxureda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732a6b0e6b2---zamojasixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuichi177.com/uploads/files/202108211918102139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/73761132613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb091d491f---kekulifoxisavusojebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6torbrgj30lu8mkgmcbbmh1ts/67760483034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/dotowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf341f2d24---rawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd6e3cdd76236a0083b4b23a49a7b2f/moviwoxomawobuwuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/susimodobokevuvulonazudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/86296444256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfddba76bb---40507797357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/92410254021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf73edaf0c---robedusuxadolegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088998473441---wuvimovodelapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/70086730837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+house+on+mango+street+sandra+cisneros+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD168 16988 bytes
SHA-256: d9ee01fb744b5a667d77fc57be147866987301bedc34a09104d7a8615c74a026
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001156e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156E 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 944f5cd9a5c2c334c6435687ce921d59dce4ecc9334a7dc84fc83aac12a91469