Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8baccabcb83aefa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 22:38:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e9d5b756868c694efa3ec8a3b91d3b7a SHA-1: ebb8e5cb01b0a0f4644f2503d12da6c77bc19c7a SHA-256: 8baccabcb83aefa0633917a0d6e26144c3c516cb81d0f309920f231f2bc03cf5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hide+video+in+gallery PDF link annotation
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713dc145900e856367bcf85c6002123a/12660717821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/sizipivazelevina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/sofudujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reyazahmad.bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62005876450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/39757589914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serting.eu/userfiles/files/bonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/90749598455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/dokovirusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/bajufatuxusixewuxifuxekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb902b9ac7---foxudufelamipuwomedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/mipolepimejugemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f3ce8ea66---monuripobaxegudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojikumusibozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/vulisodiniwaguseminuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/59649732732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designsdubaiukfashion.com/userfiles/file/rarutujevivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_0083EB3519561234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh6ur3ul3ht0qmbivi080651gv/kogomojezofoginoparemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/60863239249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/58564323107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/62405618211.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_off0000ae39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE39 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 875b024d014409b9740ab19d1d7327953f0ed97b45aa68b3a4b54450e6fc0e74
font_01_sfnt_off0000c634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC634 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 85f648ce38ea02b91092751f0466ad7c7aa65c095975947c8130760b6af1d637
font_02_sfnt_off0000f208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF208 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1