Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b6120fae22eddc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 98eb22f9125156f74c8f28d110a785a2 SHA-1: 701203a0190e9c5d00190bdb2dca6a9813dcf0b1 SHA-256: 8b6120fae22eddc209eb22972310226927467de46c4a082e3604979160e32c4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, likely leading to phishing or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://telesson.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/nisejiwamakamalak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6b145a42c6fd4523c850be311ca354c/24498493595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4o3oli75jjumfqneaq2tll9e3/vejovuzawabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/koxozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/lojisepeseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/49986655903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec40ac4b2b2---65849263346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b269249b0c3---80423656038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f98bb2c7---98000086775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgrghvro9v2l80bp8frm88u5s6/6340580142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/zosasorelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/tevisukapoxope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849c0efa519c4277a95f4c5c13a11ecb/1155851162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kartplast.com/resimler/files/9605942322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64045988791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/tutedejuxowajawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukuleleceilidh.ca/clients/860383/File/94631252724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/maruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudisevigixexisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14583185494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/rupigunenurakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i92hf4qcd5dqic0nsv03m0qobe/juxataparowovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944e04148d2---birirapiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/rejiwoxujujezixupivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rmi5q9ajic5pa40v6lqo7hko1/91751396116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/80116548382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=garbh+sanskar+pdf+in+gujaratiPDF 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_off0000bcb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4CB 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 6e746776b1358ec0a05da7a45794c23c0c09e495e34a0b0436eb396106496f03
font_02_sfnt_off0000edbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBF 17280 bytes
SHA-256: f4be0efab90b80b7abe2c685f4ee7911152fb4ef8632892d908269a2f066bc8f