Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c38c578d93481fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:38:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d4092f7fae1edf7303bdc628b5214e62 SHA-1: ffe1ed212f709cefd72ec8cf68242dcc1ede2426 SHA-256: 8c38c578d93481fe6d2d097509a5eca35b18f44d776860a82908cc49c836684a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The heuristics indicate this is a phishing lure designed to trick users into clicking malicious links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://betsin.org/userfiles/files/91919276554.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/regebififux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700bbf9c02576ffbaabbdd7424bd0ae8/60672851423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e394e8e19e44f6dcee05225b5bced90/98009771896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210818170411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hflu8bv4f0pi1e4t0hi3po4dd7/40450955788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f125aeaa2e---xeron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d2f3c2da0---sapezizusimopetujivugomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/katuferejuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/87438162051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3be5d5dc---92281333443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/pikuvudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/16835586948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/24381549649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dde796fbdf---80006414473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/xikogemevosopozizuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaroma.fr/upload/file/laxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49fd4571b4---75224545899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c0cd5124ff175a090cc58956f686bba/tatudogesaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql9u2be2koa6dmedvgbn45qnh3/xuwusopiburubejometulose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607840766df38---20422059463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/wifilolasupunifitobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/zumizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=bodybuilding+workout+pdf+filePDF 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_off0000afd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFD0 14092 bytes
SHA-256: 82df326e2c25a3e1906fe77fb1352615a4cd762151b2e1fa0d503380530ec989
font_01_sfnt_off0000d276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD276 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 3bff1d07f180c82a0293c0af98936829682786a8120d9f52d73b91514c99af2b
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1