Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b06fa0c660887e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:44:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 91a47fe228db5ed1f700d5140d5af4fe SHA-1: 488343aa8bb7e49c6bf3672e1457a3a73e41198d SHA-256: 8b06fa0c660887e7dcda4a3b467b629a568bac91f4719cb8d2f2872f246c8eab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further exploitation or obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=waifu+idle+game PDF link annotation
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74710522739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e85e44f6996ee26f557b7e8a4afe69b/49280335671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/36270276449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85192578730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.ua/design/pic/file/sikuzarubavikafufakomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/11786901749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/65236332754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/68485311656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfwofficial.com/ck_imgs/files/51812414334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyochonbuenapark.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/lelanojosotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/91017582779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/96843533515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/87379031547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newegys.egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18353405424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/68579626258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210913121050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/xoxisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/50169751612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/gosiwatuzukuzogodaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142ee28ca869---berovawesubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412b85f31af---44677929315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jopgt8ujso3o3s76bqrguu1d7/pozizegumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f39b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39B 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 4c655dd3269320cdcfcb3b3ec0d241d59b62e38024070f289ac363a945a0c848
font_02_sfnt_off00010a33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A33 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 60e05d3b61901b9930ccdff2795673b70ec0a431b2776fe7120cfa2860d11efc