Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b196997948ab14a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 23:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6c4bc2e6476db5a233b8ceb5f80c0e32 SHA-1: 07aec294c7c8d2c0d01337513c0c1bea812e33f1 SHA-256: 8b196997948ab14a418d5114d6bd430d888d6e1f0841b4c99fdeb623203b671b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69548d0ad2cd288299af880def34f847/gojapexufil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/xeruxizunive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/winifenokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatiselagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6ff70416c---wiganibifinekifudok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/80770876128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu78.ru/userfiles/file/90035858948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/37385400760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/melefilexesotisukavixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d2cbb8dfc---25101824842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/75965597478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/xopibatalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5919e076de7eab8b71505e7ef11f0f75/zusafawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/59541670233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/bufoferorufudawivasamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc34f6edd7---69478918555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibstroiexp.ru/userfiles/file/turaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68856590432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ecda47524---29438530504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cfc27bf4cf705265e7599f180a14cb2/zepukeketoxetaloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/78293693438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/97502773179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/32854610861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=les+pronoms+d%C3%A9monstratifs+et+possessifs+exercices+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_off0000ef99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF99 18956 bytes
SHA-256: 70f64b2c693316ecb2df9fe438a3968b778998ac47e54e760b31dfb281299f79
font_01_sfnt_off00011ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA1 10948 bytes
SHA-256: a618ff05e424eccac226fb1e4f1534fd335d20f80b258559346558ac9830c8fd
font_02_sfnt_off000137be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1