Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b7c34eb8c805e28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:17:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c3558db6d7de46557cd306fc05e86f86 SHA-1: 21b22812db681f00c603b39b6b43bb6d90e9983b SHA-256: 8b7c34eb8c805e285cd59975ddaf738d7963701102d86ebfd42aa1bd493913fd
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 disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://getem.pl/files/file/93876467331.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/1261634469613b2979088a9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed6627402b---44853890128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57069955925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba5b1e164a---56822540760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/93323188517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/33317002790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/waxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/40128472369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/jenotexefowexuzidasita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/xojexewurokixogukafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/xizaziwetikurufibubapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/38252277355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliareincentro.it/allegati/file/42402020468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613017ca04dbe---21243165811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336a0ac5e24---98669062342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/42957358823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/ratowisetut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namivedegabemike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity8talents.com/userfiles/file/wabozigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataprint.ie/uploads/file/labeditozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/denusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+mod+unlockedPDF 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_off0000b4fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4FB 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9ce80df83025d82b993dff23f92b8eee62977c867926f0e2ca194fb38b1d39
font_01_sfnt_off0000cecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECB 18924 bytes
SHA-256: f6eb36778cf3b2d05394b3284cba2474271b4a90b6148269ea07c81dbadab884
font_02_sfnt_off0000fecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1