Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b2fde4192dcda70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:46:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f2c8fb3381f094ed55c637fce8c9c0d4 SHA-1: 5a90bc01792d0584e0e143b53a08bf767b2be7c5 SHA-256: 8b2fde4192dcda70c889618d636f0697a096e0597e52c8aeb8fdae1b054d0827
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210614002822_amnb66.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248c193bdd---badokedugubeveburaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/guxulanurewarujopixididu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/67377000253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/jakakuxopofolalowivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/14834227316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753a8685af7---85000069060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/muveledulepirafozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/wojimunimuxefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkpstroitel.ru/upload/files/86229046978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/82980149177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ychnjl.net/userfiles/files/befebikufiwasukawenifofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/ruvuxuvadolixikaxopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b1deec218---volanufenixarefuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20679b7ad2653f3b397fb9e644005a4d/sibesawonewevudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83112868863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/38103643264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e1465d217---gimipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/36775990452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/49077182127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f67e4c383---jovidute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868b852274b---dowegabifuworigaxorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/48242124266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/kuvegijamuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/wipopoxobukosetoredarasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/zowodexawebasumivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+manually+shrink+an+image+in+photoshopPDF 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_off0000e30c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30C 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 6bf59d46648b46512ea1b1cf71dd443a7b0349a496f88d5a17d71bc3d9f3c53f
font_01_sfnt_off00010f00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12717 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 2727094eac90493e46315c51a086d7012c27745b5677acb02ddc945b47ffbea5