Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c084c6ca4d3051b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1e72f0f1d1a39e2f3bccc41bb87c1214 SHA-1: 100fe31534dae49dd1a33dee3773d63b275ae237 SHA-256: 8c084c6ca4d3051b3c49be963d9ed3c40359d7dd13a0cdfb555893aa46ee3177
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=weyerhaeuser+lvl+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzagulavubokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/94344891438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmsmarin.com/imgimage/file/merurobij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/77346598651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/99443435710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bliirlk6pocc0dro3i59nia3k5/wamamimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767513d4fd5---xovifofawilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ce-mi.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/vatutigibevarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5ea922cd---85109865575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/litegivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ee397cc77---48634657013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/50551122599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a2e5c8268f---48400580257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/44041301696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40532362743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ffefa429cb---repadufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je3nefv9ekpckr475m2ulqq5eh/58960604878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/vaxekubobomediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153ebcbe061---tekufomofubife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/torupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbfe32d57d---salunogobiruji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be5b1631e5---85356249370.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_off0000d669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE80 10452 bytes
SHA-256: e9e3f77c459bb151dd8e64ddf350b04829d672b15cbe3dbcc885b69d14ec9484
font_02_sfnt_off0001065c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065C 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 1ea23f6328afdfb7200ae2dd26dcb7aa08b0558a25cfbc4a5cf53e518825e055