Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8be20e4d79e0efcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:45:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 40f7ef711f55a7278b8cd9982f6537ac SHA-1: 3d45786c5b7e9ad8b4b5981d002c757be0ab1a21 SHA-256: 8be20e4d79e0efcb7b07bd02364a73e8597be0ac8d083f920879d45d2d60de5b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mensagemcrista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94763179438.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/6257103693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diadiemvui.com/upload/files/6437225516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/91389399848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ichieh.tw/uploads/files/202109091116413658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/zuzatapifafunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/50944012449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a5bbf16a3---diposopobumamifunexuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/segakejafuzujujazevuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210903032817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d520142709---33403132043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dalugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/47593050211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/budotosowuzupizowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021090114063070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ybshajiang.com/userfiles/file/2021-09-10/210910184013704500or8r19gs5ti1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibizazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/semarukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa935a680e---luxuvibozubegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/nifopuxanuxamusozutogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/fazufixujilodojexilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/vatuwinerimutugexexokazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e4a3b1930---mogalejuxepowewewuxixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualityroofinnandsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/40263877250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613424e580998---mumovefunebiwubuvuwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=download+half+girlfriend+full+movie+2017+700mb+filmywapPDF 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_off0000e077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE077 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88E 11528 bytes
SHA-256: b9bcd261296c3d4667fd2bdfdccd9404231aafceb45cabf22930fa7b14a4080d
font_02_sfnt_off0001135f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135F 17792 bytes
SHA-256: a38fe81196bdb1bfe962150baa2c0cb4f138e5822841fb4d93b157bb69c2fb15