Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8adfe256c3fd73a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:30:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 897c4dfd51cf51978cf9e0600d13a3b5 SHA-1: 6cc9419314cbe63bb6aaef3f49a2b2ffb3e1365d SHA-256: 8adfe256c3fd73a8df02feee4e24a0e0b0a7102c3a42c9a115fd7f3e0cb6c1eb
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to download and execute further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/22574778852.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/030a8125d331e98ee0d4b69e2af43890/26023991931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d399f299db---9222707669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e52bce7bb---43007164711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7b04e4e65---15238220912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujvje8t8jnbqm496fldhfv83r5/pefojelagasozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowurufedivarolurefazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37d67b8694---48855893975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/bavibafelikisade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/97993390530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/57737987780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9l0p4adritspad10thrue3j08/6990185202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0da850b1b---55095459767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/96718232626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/kotasamotudubimevuzopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/favusixujebekefaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4205a8a41438ccbd2dd07c61608a9df5/mugisogusonorabajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/38166648812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/kokaxibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36537382863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/995664d135246107bccfa8b4d0518271/7705970369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/66454302689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/jejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapuzixado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/maxijeraravejixepiruzibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beda813d177---xumigamivenirupizada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=aha+stemi+guidelines+2014+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_off000117b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012fcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCB 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 1ace08a9efbd87edef7576b02469977c4459a9e45f2441e0a69d247b7a51ba89
font_02_sfnt_off00015e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E7D 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 444ea7b714170535d685432d482d89d3b48a69340429eb0618a9395d6bb81ab0