Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c2436c6e76771a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:52:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 97468ca295dfd2278c915deccfcd7194 SHA-1: b61ffa1736661edc90e66a618305b2ae731f5554 SHA-256: 8c2436c6e76771a8b796ed8d0d2c8d83f867f0f6007f27ba73f8fd13f0f9b78e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2908183cd9fa08402a843d109af0d82/dobunaborajatagorede.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/zufavobojarowisegabokudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/dekomazekuxogatafexina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbolfoods.com/files/file///75261410209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/fodewaxopilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/16630407445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plechotice.sk/tmp/file/88773851226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/torofeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64c08c8c6a15a1246bd8ba5f689523ab/33765309393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c97a82734fdd18a30f44edce7272cf/sesobugepuligaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/39366127868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61b736d06662bdcd2fe7498af65f867/9551370250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/57165673209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4326bf875144006b262b9fbdc675559/meditoxojipokofapakalado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24487242596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/22692501035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/vaxawetafegewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/daxusenubuwafumisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/22657258533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613146cb850a5---38864464514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/73028928553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/guvimiwaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balmybnb.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/kopewutatozamafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--4k0b43gkwo4gn.com/upload/editor/file/90296106843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauty-full.ru/uploads/files/zijagerariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d075d590f09e8e5cca6164e7d16196a/66942662396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/xaxesujipufogatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=yu+gi+oh+mobile+gamePDF 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_off0000b622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB622 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 24927f47f22d78e9cc87532965427d20d995afa54877b5bb975a98f0dac61174
font_01_sfnt_off0000e401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE401 10308 bytes
SHA-256: e5911c73bb7c4e7964b281b4ddbd939781ca0a518725b85fccd93c61f0d05965
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1