Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b84ed247ee43ef9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:25:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1f331a1772c11a04ea3ecc561df2ff67 SHA-1: 0208c3fb8f2e25c12edf9bac39e72203bf1b670f SHA-256: 8b84ed247ee43ef9b3a5f1a4a948367d0105751bc24ac625bb1d1ebe1b363891
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains a high number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The presence of PDF_JAVASCRIPT heuristic firing suggests that embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate redirection or further malicious actions. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://worldprint.su/userfiles/file/xaresenoberu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/51489406479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/gefegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64761863955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/sopedekonodepujukibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f95f14ca1bb16df6151f2eba49542cf/44381438263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b5c876324---bowevuwexokidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/gisupedanerezijewomipewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/rodobazutifovowusilosipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/pitivobarazobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a6e8200ea29b94d7329c63febc25474/46469863534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/nonedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36dd9612cb73ae2c78d1c484b53436e/vivaviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89785017046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/kojogususewuzokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725527409d6---57035699638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajambary.com/userfiles/file/duwiweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c848093c303d5b697a7bee4e3687add/14760569736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64d8cf1a8b---jevepivoziwevekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/wujubirebalexakodifebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/46449918993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3745ce5acef8213c52a1e3fd1fee0fbf/54240130809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbyjoseph.com/uploads/File/kaliduvezugireka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd17da831f6496dfd3126a54f6af4a6/lawuminazamukosatata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/89077464998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-go.org/files/soxakepozinuwuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hallelujah+chorus+sheet+music+organ+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_off0000ddfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFA 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 79c31e524c845984139bccb9122b333b84fa71ecd540008ae5ca46a1226568cc
font_01_sfnt_off00010d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12575 11288 bytes
SHA-256: a298b460612e5facdf701375e77973e8bfc18959e5798f135e0d98d3aa31358d