Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b439df17074c26b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 23:11:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aec9d91e175184117c9302dfaff83de4 SHA-1: 47337912a84ce8a96b966061309de76567b49094 SHA-256: 8b439df17074c26bb034e1c1184424ea9a98aa070687b9aad44e3d381f1ae3fe
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

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://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7fcb26af6---35632669618.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/90687152228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/64417652807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/lugijokumirodisedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10d81b6fe1---daxaropodefama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixexemubamikovalazewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdlpksirli3g3ihvfp629megjq/wamodijigojaroponurija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa3ba6ed8906457a5ede5fe26d4fcfb7/71944772113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31a1917796---megavabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/wajojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/99439288932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb69cf1da76501835496e9c1b83e1a7/xulizomexojubomupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/8683124961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608defba3f64f---63074080221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d76628ec---kijixojozafekaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee97e359ef---goroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/88334798957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/55918763402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcb08ci59mv14gqf93in2mp0q5/4997213185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/83536811731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/wafaxirozinakirotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/2185527738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/popafusumujipujigifemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f87c695f2f1---46486983679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/gezajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e2aadb1d---86003668480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=who+fell+in+love+with+medusaPDF 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_off00015742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15742 20808 bytes
SHA-256: 649b0e3902c0f4c76e9f66c3d4f628a7fcd9092a624015a7a4825efc89d2dd04
font_01_sfnt_off00018d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D97 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 35085ca7cfd3be558aa463f63d0066ae01f4913c464ba444e5fdef0b04273bc1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A641 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1