Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8acdc963b1b56a50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 01:11:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: de93130831b2aa3f052f706e6751b7a2 SHA-1: 657d06fb89f03a7161a2c0bceb09372608d6ecf1 SHA-256: 8acdc963b1b56a505d99a776f6f314d6946408083d51bce3bbe685abbdb139eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to PDF files hosted on various domains, including compromised WordPress sites, indicates a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/zutamejukasasure.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/5200949580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/podedolefafamejite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwaretesting.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210905214919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35211654175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41727792494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/nikovagonabelopuzalarovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c1a1a83dd---zilubiforazumapisoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a80aed891f2ecef37c3d403709e8dc/votenoneruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://administratieindex.nl/images/uploads/bakezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613882d1ef24d---gidinagiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/21008243936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trovas.com/userimages/40265033237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/vamalivokakezebafeziwetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/24678877443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21569300038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28049790307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonere.shop/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/62709304177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-koparki.pl/Upload/file/velovuroxijiwuzikagimilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/9941834476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/xewilunukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/32382148780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/tadikunekobatamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202109/files/20210908110332981223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ghd+sports+apk+download+2020+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_off0000bd34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD34 16532 bytes
SHA-256: c96175dc988866515e6af81edf8209b29af28ee5e2ca8be8a372924623aa7e96
font_01_sfnt_off0000e77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77C 10724 bytes
SHA-256: f5fd96e49d0381e416f7e4c390033e622e81cd3e35ccc2671256c0cf15137beb
font_02_sfnt_off00010033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10033 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1