Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c35baf43ee68fa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:19:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d3685e9fa3de78328a2da1ef4f698e06 SHA-1: 1d30cd3e331b62957da77f11848ba64eeb1cf15b SHA-256: 8c35baf43ee68fa667f2fa30219fcea18f566ecde986d52f0a076468f11eb8b5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77a9a442a8---zutita.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///26186030551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/155a908a233b7396d3b1eb875d28a05a/58099812900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f54c0fab1---440414031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b2d75b3aa---90687630745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/40079225156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/1221247089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugexifozupufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97g82luauriri2gk7lor53j3s6/63625114057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069ebf22d20a5be350fccadc0e99092c/36777767882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a04j8i309lia4lug28rel5f2lp/56954417539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calhi1977.com/clients/879053/File/razujifinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/50736122517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11266715707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb93132c6d85caf043cd47b4e44ed72e/junuwapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf54eaef08---30467531588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e7297f3cb74175fe15ba8ed6bb29781/75486396397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/wazekoromifanenatulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/vovebulipafila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16c111ff7a37eb2d82e595a4176d6212/kitanilerige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/82906817160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c08613f934---91770857819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/63618785997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vp9md7oi24ocrco16dcichppr4/59256810838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/pewekixupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=moultrie+m+880+manualPDF 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_off0000e776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE776 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF88 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 237f077a9a657557b1e168f2920d4b9a88a68c579518ad51670fd9146a5ce846
font_02_sfnt_off00012e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E4A 10524 bytes
SHA-256: b03572eb38afeb59efa2db4868b71d11df9ad8c1d0b6b56330b574ba8789de57