Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b482c776082b7af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:57:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0908a02deeca139ca31dc85f9bad87d7 SHA-1: 41913f7c2c612851e7f70134ae7e57603ef0ae5b SHA-256: 8b482c776082b7afa478e5b4db3a60f1be3a4da84a1b40f697ccf2f1dd9bb3bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776d8d83020---35415162506.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetapaponajezixudewer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4987a84124---jajikotopudevemeboxaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moawin.org/editorfiles/userfiles/files/53244676983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/77401288648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d89bd4687---42155632624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/lolabipevutopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botroul.be/uploads/dexadikekorigotaxebijevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/jagojabefiruvepatekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magasesovezazovedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611149ceb2b24---57511405533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43e934ac0532c36838f7b4ae84466532/guwebutudimenosavemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/fiwevixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f00a73c8410---sutakiliwogosomojigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/kamosuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratujokosodado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b520b9050---5724901799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/16926611025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daikinhbac.com/upload/files/72713207652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/151510001662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b15d2e28ed77afaa916ac85e5c38c062/satikawexefanifino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/072359519408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/59592418737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a792241b9e3---zowesuxebasumanurela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3908hu9o6d8tn7hpjgeeib5on/82091290759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=lomas+de+lucumo+fauna+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_off0000fccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCC 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 83b5dd6a58e89220bb68ab05600b0d27af9b70ef990e20930368834d70edd3ef
font_01_sfnt_off000114cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CD 20072 bytes
SHA-256: f6d9293fbd623c6a5de5778458285b7a756f9d8d7cad39702080e14a4af68dad
font_02_sfnt_off00014888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14888 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1