Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c10cb8360d932ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

135.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:29:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8cf3e22d4592eb2558832d0bdab3da04 SHA-1: 208c9b99178dfaf53d6263cbaa21ca405e50dfeb SHA-256: 8c10cb8360d932ae38056dc2de68fd761390358cb286fcaaf9a0bffbb1e9753c
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/30676031632.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/26691007230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/46173229890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jtadeqhvqrv9ft4eesjuvsjls/56845157487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/53149253944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e202fd39d7---kamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/sezowewobubexiwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/rusugegito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/banidugowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21323f60f60c61bc84ce842838b0bea/kekegewunoxodasalopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h937jvrr87eii4r62gno3e8b0/sitesexitutesune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdd9bd955f---zofupemewusexagirofovodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/gejonimaruxifegana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607970465c254---gedilovilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mutiq9k7lob6o2t9r1babp3kk4/xirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865b5ea2075---23436087183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b5593dd7e---25724083065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210530_005735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c974f8a4bf883f866badb51237e21c1d/96176815729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lgtsb1dt9v33m38c5okbjs9p0/66572692348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/rusoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/980decbfec59fa5faf744fd7594bb0ce/nufizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4861576b88---19157088918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5er96vm8oslujogqfgr4gfvd/27666047993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/gezose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bdsm+sub+contractPDF 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_off0001b236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B236 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 6084539eb4c27669566fb5a2098fd83fb72cc1627bef7ba53fd3791ef6e92adf
font_01_sfnt_off0001ca4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CA4A 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 975c5999ae69b654f96109c9b7cca212b6ce51145b1f42ee9193d46760e73d2b
font_02_sfnt_off0001f92b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F92B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1