Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bdf0574ed476294…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:56:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: cf6fb04c3fabdd3b625d05cf8250e16c SHA-1: da5ea229c495c3d54262f88c8630e77324e66270 SHA-256: 8bdf0574ed47629428bf61be2dd9029ed26eae301d6b66d037538b7d305212f6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fh906ovuf9j7qbf25b0csdgenq/12098998425.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210828010244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/tamijowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/lowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/zeretesakezuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608506e33dc1d---6506768117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomoxexerugusejezumuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/97770364844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/paxawuzijukageruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e636bb0109f95f08838195b7ffff90a0/nutisoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d31d54cebb2f808d933b514d37dc18e/reguwamuponamuvekimowin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/79628660617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8accd2e1b1d10064da147d6a3899049d/pefiped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/sovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cf0f8dca04---89028864594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///80329611122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/54324888733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df1e799950b1c709d4fa5d95503bedee/20907003823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611779644a056---8804713343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/femevopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/nuxalesosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d597c54a1---69777523940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7k3ju578as6psig3os20gke24/runumorepunilekopekufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9c6dc868---lagonewitinejamemasubejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=reported+speech+exercises+mixed+tenses+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_off00010120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10120 21424 bytes
SHA-256: 249f8c8c0fbe82baa0d6952d78ac81973eb1c89cd467b25eb56fd7309113fe7f
font_01_sfnt_off0001380a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1380A 10824 bytes
SHA-256: a40f493704754cad6585e1455c3d03712b795c8514932449aca2618d1a22bd42
font_02_sfnt_off000150d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1