Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bfa0dfbf1ec8c05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 18:59:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f134eb893c7a4950e7cd3c903738a3d9 SHA-1: 49f311a0b0719d3d8cf3d439d5d968288d109b30 SHA-256: 8bfa0dfbf1ec8c05aeba28901cf2c86c6e7d4764f1fa3b1ad4f6238e6aaefd04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing sites or malware downloaders. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cyst+in+ankle+joint PDF link annotation
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/98959760489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutritie-metabolism-sanatate.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/9550060153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/zakupawogagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/67942874486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/kuwusisiwidirexazal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connectcontrol.net/files/userfiles/files/88354209929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156c404dd4a2---dalivulokizorogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d967e2a68bcdaef534aa63240ccbf95/32873711792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/ruxege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/muwitugodezabono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/63579242818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/xavibiwutulixiwuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/wanipator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d03ad7f81---71682342530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155a31cef586---82992921078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/xubilutudejesorogibakuzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/43584297701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/96933369418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/luwotapini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/sorekakaxigofedam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/kifoveleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/renet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464902430e75d7a3397a632fce4dfa8d/21630365874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71596583901.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_off0000b424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 10368 bytes
SHA-256: eceffc807f8a90be2329b94da319f0ee055e96c5c7c524600208144a41475439
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BF 15204 bytes
SHA-256: 42df15b90c9dcd5c443e3d94a9df59d0981252faaf536ddcb3bef78040cda659

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