Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c39fe768ec4d9b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:52:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 39333aa2e54ceb5171917ce1583acd00 SHA-1: 657fea6c36b76c2124fbac6fa57c3fc1d54c7d71 SHA-256: 8c39fe768ec4d9b3dd85585bd4191e3d1cd3a663014b55cdc8281318c5cac520
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/senel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/mixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/migoxusopamufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/24118257399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/39121494859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissies.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64247836914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivermilk.vn/tctt/sites/aaa/file/voxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e68da68c0---deteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/48159266077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cygnusdvlp.in/nitdurgapur/uploads/editorUploads/userfiles/files/nosuduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/57953330373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fractinvest.com/uploads/file/14744893557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/40170064587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613521b2aff81---tabunuwigisubasiloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuilchem.com/userData/board/file/pajexolutotemafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webornate.com/viking1/uploads/files/21895240158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/muviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/xowunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/54680055883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobawezipegofavusekelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manu-transport.com/documents/file/17500204445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbdf97ef42---54284497172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinenieuwsbriefversturen.nl/gebruikers/afbeeldingen/57683471678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharenkon.com/files/joluzubesimuneboxomive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/47083219081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bad+piggies+unlimited+everythingPDF link annotation
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210919/16319879838037.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_off0000e0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D1 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 06e81327299c02191278d6515dd6a9b28e3a299d1497a5c0807ffe805161ae74
font_02_sfnt_off0001122e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122E 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 1b51ca4ed9e6a1ec91d12f66b24ec8ae09efefa101a28d0fa347bf50046ddabd