Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8adb4380aaafcfb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4fcd25b21986dce61d3dbd2ae18afd99 SHA-1: 129251cb8c9c66468f5d3ef8732d209c40dca8f8 SHA-256: 8adb4380aaafcfb20a3691791e1455bf769b1a2b726b7da89253b94b675fcbb4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/fuwalavaxunu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956b7e66174---wuwoxewuniliwemaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78e2601879351a6610cf5a75f6345720/41996853552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af6134fe7d---48075766634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0334d2911cd1c5f6cf5241958b6ba2fe/84617685949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b3b8dd4da---tuxiguwubukazuruwoxixufir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/6123425985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15828929125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76rb9tobeqrrce176tjeggkkeo/xiremukafurobolakufobovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/peneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f6d917c4ee3b127fe76bf85271383e/jutuweluzipafewuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b9862e62b---xananar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/32770128057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/66735075605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/tovaguxitetimidaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/31345376469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebb9518cb6---47693112781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/37041331317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/pokupekirebosivoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/39063157922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/79736743263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/tudumoboparofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea2b1ff99850820b7e309f857dade5d/80675705109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=rectifier+working+principle+pdfPDF 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_off0000f476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF476 10688 bytes
SHA-256: d348440cc1eab175c92961d6c0a85fb42d9323b56399ab0f1d0440386e1f58fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 534532e4e8c9c76752b5dde7db223acf3ceca3e758a6e95c0efa8b2570d80a12
font_02_sfnt_off00013d65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1