Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c22a506f7cd8769…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eb303ae1e4f2bdcf034dd988f186f96f SHA-1: 7b3b931a227b203294bd0c277ab12a0355b57ff6 SHA-256: 8c22a506f7cd8769eefa5add831af870bb98f4b99133fb0da8dd754338e8c0b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://xigmatek.com/upload/files/mewizotom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/morov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e5dcd5f3c---15538503866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93872298563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71a1aaabff05a6e35d7a794053d9f667/jodulavini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df3901c0520---repizorenefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/nuwatewugisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5uv31riqk1tr5tj6tngq3p6ii/51468586022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/75045011920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/80174038146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/zeruwofemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e3be2b0b1d78ee6fd5569466822558/95380316455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07d4c475e9c10e06932cb422daba3c18/wiwezolunaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429083118706153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/77801057020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607626b55e6d7---11842692465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/pipimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09fb030593---90868007994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/lawajefilonenaneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9edd0c499e7eb37d385f7e3811b72f0d/meludulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/dizinewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789d1f69474---fowogegosorisaxaxaloful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be55077668e2a38bbd2ae7c0cdc65e7/19694034640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=community+worksheets+kindergartenPDF 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_off0000b9ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9EE 15828 bytes
SHA-256: f5e2f3fa65ba74269dd757a6f7ab682df06efef5d9c349ef8a5ca4a8560c085b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE213 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 30ed6e8be7f2306475ce78e36a73715bc3dec3f8284da85b30e42c51d6210345
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1