Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ba8aea2779a47d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:47:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f45292c81982f284ef7c7fa46ae59695 SHA-1: 957f7adc3b34a01e0bec1a5e183fb3489915c497 SHA-256: 8ba8aea2779a47d53cab68ebaf0c71f6754c1b49fa0f5a36de8b6cda2b2ae080
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a tactic to manipulate search engine results for malicious links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+readable+text+free PDF link annotation
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/fugowomimidipegefabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c443b52317f---gasalutadijina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/sitemefubagukawosepaxigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210814_A38242D0E190A0FE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcdeca6c1b680208d2c3a538ca2f2988/65414964577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/41945228568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shhs69reunions.com/clients/e/e9/e92da0bc0099326815942f81a5c18dfc/File/laripiriguleba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/56622548716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/88175173156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgu152usiq4dic58jipd8ha753/virawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39493217125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084dfe1cf399cca59b5f6fa0e3efc5da/lewurebofezusezorafeguvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://er-cardiff.com/eurostyl/photos/file/zokajogeriwivafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///fizomawebazufojanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elmundodelapiscina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22895641340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/wetepalekidoreli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/polutenuzipejope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonarkella.com/userfiles/file/45444205432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d04c68764b162c76d1bb51010fde20/soviwijeruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/88714211089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d43a94560ba---demowexikazubumafoxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/16817485974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB334 14328 bytes
SHA-256: 4da1dc5232cc4d92828a1e208bbcfe97227a1388f73d0aca592fb2540b1b3e83
font_01_sfnt_off0000d706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD706 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 900f57e21404e511217c894564aae93093885276318f94d9ba0249a0332fe6df
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1