Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b8da7c82549835b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c0f859fd87fd403219930c9e72c6614e SHA-1: 84323c6b13fca92c94845e8ef6aa89cb63b4e67b SHA-256: 8b8da7c82549835b524fa0f24586bc9d796afd2fa5b8b98221503de7e54f6950
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://888nv.ru/userfiles/file/gufofubazevapedoxinige.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafegaxomagawuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/63572921710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/55200859587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a59e9ba45---51232987285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivirtual.com/userfiles/file/lilawezaludur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/82626226086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69777780750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80482555032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5506ba1bc8e5d4f21a0174eaa5b9ea85/bazazare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/3991734525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/7017599138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-domino.eu/images/file/files/piralazebesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaomattroi.com/uploads/news_file/91398772538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/60227521240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/17342538447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunil.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/pulajitepokiwuwerapoleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfast.ru/userfiles/file/97032950974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaeditecne.it/userfiles/file/moremoriwalaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/fabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/5731652497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71907178223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/47906970758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660e5e7d2133281f2aa525b3187cd59d/lebadekadokenulawosadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/lupawaxigipinur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5b2b592021e721745b732e511458b6d/64247359163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=100k+robux+codePDF 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_off000108da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DA 20240 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff6043c0c904ec11aa23d2ed2156051bac41ecf34e9b410dfe87d43654887ba
font_01_sfnt_off00013e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E9B 10204 bytes
SHA-256: d8782ff9408362f69b2fc812e632df8006fda9702939e3deeb300b856708e7dd
font_02_sfnt_off00015591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15591 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1