Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b116be8cc4c85af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:06:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 12bd9299f8f32c1da1bb2795e0e71a7b SHA-1: 6027986dd9ee4ffa54bfa7121960444b8e900802 SHA-256: 8b116be8cc4c85af562f8dc3b8f054f7bfd307f349fb30551aea2045901417cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/javugisekopoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a5970eca7---sojurixekuzixuzawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ec67a5a7fed60929cdd707b101b535/tirofefawodixirorasobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210815_8D7C46EB3DA84F8D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/88796807563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c6ac6b87b1265493f451367d600fd06/58175373054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e789c8f0e5422ba5cffa6d7f57c11f/69143545490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/wawexosatami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupupewebilibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/76773607424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/424nnfnmhpm4ukqdr3fqfpfhe3/90225767013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/22824484184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/25524015295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/94783892979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/kurabuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50ab61c6f34fcac1cceafec6885aaf2/pibajaregaxaxokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/51006717254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/36773422772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/67105378644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oau2ejnnooe6t011c483godehf/puvotabuxofurologuxuzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/012915e8a4a0db9c07d21a55743a0b0d/63059044802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c580e441826af224e72eaee150fa545e/jesuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e453e96b3---46730445860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=define+business+life+cycle+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_off0000eb5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5B 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 3939fe96b8594a8468eb23a2db5ce6010564097d7b0d68530f71e0d9f4d09a69
font_01_sfnt_off000117d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D5 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 015c21eca72c0d3be56baa00f40e38b5e035d254a76b0d36b7806c690d1f3156
font_02_sfnt_off00012f94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1