Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b3c4840cccb2077…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:23:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d8ad54511786a0b7aff0622fe16ca876 SHA-1: 803e3705d87706e6e6e41d558ba55d5ec591e1e8 SHA-256: 8b3c4840cccb2077efacf278362030e23d1c3c3f419459bf9d69a0cf15e7c1ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://sportnazona.bg/f/uploads/files/popeliwemo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210506020149691534yihg29.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b7a4861d0---kopijiwuzipizobabenazesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099aa37652f8---sizogipetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27578910115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/50984918990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c284521a0---67153963599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcd146542d88106a4e3924e0c3247b10/67159199162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/zajoluguvimuvuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098580d5df88---bonukoselotinave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fbbfc50cffe4cd207694a599b846009/tokupenugagajuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/96987015590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/firuliwisewikikezewupefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/14641915450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4sjs48fuml40rn4koiffil25m5/85097626681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/mozadizozazupowitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqsgqdm2di9kp68lecc0mhsh1s/48309504789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef3d155f7f---52599892648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/daxifesejepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/73722336154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/xapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fck3qa2ccugukq6rq8nb4un180/10548033782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=geological+time+scale+worksheet+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FE 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 5d4b1e5921b300af966cad5125d0361c07da055ac7d7280e4eeb0f3f34a69492
font_01_sfnt_off00010f0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F0E 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 96bf5d5c24e52ecc6ce803418ea0126890dc0f94951b67a7ba30d06aa466ef49
font_02_sfnt_off0001282a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282A 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 157606249a7270ad452283484c3f65c5e7c66bf8bae99767c392d7674f0c62ea
font_03_sfnt_off00013dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1