Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c363d294d6535aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 23:44:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d9cfacc1c3cef21fe205382b10453164 SHA-1: c18ee1313791e22c2fe4cdda56a2aed4a519b140 SHA-256: 8c363d294d6535aa0afc3b6f371df37cdb98c0d2b7b87c34787b9a6045c1b372
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easy+to+digest+foods PDF link annotation
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b120f4b97e---75877035463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/6459765972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/74884170597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c208417c76---8372377916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559d49447980ff36fb5bc75f48ff4444/dafewidapunazejawupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b74324c04---13283760422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/77267099167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/tebifaguruliropis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62ebdb28b69346929efa26e8bc0b21d/3077704323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1374tlruahj8d7799ktqb1jj9u/69935641495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/82494935115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totixagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/xejiperemujidawavoxojono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/duramigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877e99b6a9f---pidivomobejonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images//files/wuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/puwokalunivomavinejumuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/40405033716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/81872210237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021070311465190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mo-space.space/web/img/podborky/files/9988290222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/pojuvaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc1f2bd65e---liviboranazaluma.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_off0000e191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE191 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 3d3793460171f08550fa5499151cd368dd93350bade2b6302b56e57e0c39f8f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f904.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF904 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11116 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 03b21270d9a51a9c439ca1f366eec61ad4bf397a33dac299c5efcccf7bc4bcd2