Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b660452ebe14020…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:06:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bf87ca50f87a04bd2fa1d537f2be295e SHA-1: c1d4eee734fb78589efaabd9c00a58b31959f868 SHA-256: 8b660452ebe1402020fbe40ea177bec06f16c84efd76e2df758f5a561fecdef6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, further supports the malicious nature by potentially executing malicious code or redirecting users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612949d1e78d3---79420447303.pdf
    • http://sqx.cc/upImgFile/file/20210516080438.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1c876d630---36526883852.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a171c7be38---1688502338.pdf
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/lulositokasezorexumo.pdf
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixaged.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4b0dcbdc1---nonabozigip.pdf
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210810_B8AC9A81A1FCD029.pdf
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4381632395.pdf
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/niwab.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6g7il5ls5nb862t7cl48hbubl/zowuxogimumomuvomaxewigom.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1054c89837bc1bd2c685c682cf7680d/46220320533.pdf
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/92241558872.pdf
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/73169515285.pdf
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents/files/12962400675.pdf
    • http://genarchi.com/data/temp/file/gosalowok.pdf
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11515845319.pdf
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenolopurubifugoso.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m12mqel8rpj554q3lpas3eqd67/vezowobejezopalad.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7d2c7421f---ligewopexomiwofox.pdf
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/955105103.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724c0c05e36---26406852860.pdf
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/fejafomadadujovovejez.pdf
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/88292351112.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c309097eef2b98ffbcbf5a415484c7a8/27767081821.pdf
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/3990194325.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098881b03d56---96965599421.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bitmap+to+file
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de7f.bin
1054d74cf85f344b7883833571e25c32fdcdcb8a887245a81e566f700034f924
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7F 17528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123bf.bin
edac68c1c57d812bb5174045e6b20b70ebe1d0bb748e38aae28506a250694676
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BF 10200 bytes