Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8be6f5e7167a934e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:42:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 12914213cc511f06836288090b1d5b26 SHA-1: 7f266f8cf1136bd7fa1ac06321e23cc43c4e4ce4 SHA-256: 8be6f5e7167a934e124cc03cfb014adffef32b2180307a4deba576b274d11d4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious links or manipulate search engine results. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect users to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+iphone+theme+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/rekuzizotevojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemosukopulififimabulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents/files/45861830197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///riwupimidori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/zigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vps73.juicy-group.com/editor_upload_image/file/gilagazukijikabojalekaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/69220187419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/47317935263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyisz.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/romipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/71737277674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/8799176846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tadodasineteresinugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/goelour4h83pkoc2s4a2s257f7/97761645855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/88982096012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcolono.net/userfiles/files/3157924355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/17106267940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bekescsaba.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/12446444778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/493c6rrvbndau3up5scubac7m3/nogavedixuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livuvafarejife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebozamotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e91f29d153---pokalebojipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/rowotujewivajamafuzuxakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/2021919117110629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/7805133915.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_off0000e3d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE9 10672 bytes
SHA-256: a7c7e07cca410e2913f3df0ad24d439d7f752101fa2ab5c82a5ccca04c3ab85d
font_02_sfnt_off00011415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11415 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 6820f8bee277cc0062973cd74c58daf7e29391418e6e3d0932ccf2ab45c3bc79