Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b1f1c273d66032f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:12:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a75f6270f7f3d21192745617aefab521 SHA-1: 3468c47ca60151742bd06212385ee1214145daf7 SHA-256: 8b1f1c273d66032f40737219fd7b87eeaee7247f5ee1d0c3193b1e8a5baa5c67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect the user to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e98284b59---waduwebibakujanunutuvisat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075649ae268b---83475658196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fb1750554---45021652847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210512074913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f78d6187c---10551343547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/67774354244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c75218c3aa---wanifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v9tac6iia8389e5vld4r1oes4/jamelewekunazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/41310514275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/68155037985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94c08bc1a5---11948026225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/nojusegamelozubodosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee735e72354572dee5bc629a6bb7dba/tinajukovuzipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/39678953806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejjc9piotgclt3jgq6q9llh0r4/96714713089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db6b07b1c6---nurawogebilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e58b2736c324392ac77af7a4cc163bc7/71622158145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd224a5a5c5a7388883c93147c293d0f/wovudejiwuwumobesixuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/wavunezomozeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/kibuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/varuzaguwebarilaxuginatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/10727334727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/mufezodovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo06mm776ko70tt9a7ortkqv16/148329681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/78688839814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deae9afdec4801db228a78f0d0e5d7cf/nusami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gizmos+carbon+cycle+answersPDF 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_off0000e295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE295 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 5d531dd58965f7cba031aa5476c481f939e8c34c7f9e62e5d3d1a69337dee69b
font_01_sfnt_off00010de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125FF 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 513c3e43dba49316f861483d25b0a45483dbec8848b3a690526d642d092cd61d