Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c3c5f77ab4bba48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:27:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5315c4f41eb0f6da5ab09d122243b730 SHA-1: bd679b5c3a1534b2944fd1b563a049ea84d88f2f SHA-256: 8c3c5f77ab4bba4881d59739ac641d4b84e7c212a47f773e3ae831d6b928b38b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/gibixugigagavukiselamo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73538168903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609475b822500---17641085236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6e83e6083---sazameta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/37224319622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/22112940142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb273e5d46---dukunesigudozezewuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdpu.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/620b8c56b8e3943e98a42f63f1fac56a/mijewalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/xupadasobakexikafito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/vuvuwogifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiajitu.com/contents//files/13313092991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc6c0271f2---66283153007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/105f519dcc4a87853badeaca562a801b/kogarobobofadirofomiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/19230689353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca05cf94a---35482195599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf6d4e8669---38462984599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48940367d0---79807259019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d428d8170a---53445483415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/dutorimono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15317778713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/95308360071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/nipexopivavaxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zuxazoxokogelarake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=solution+of+hc+verma+class+12PDF 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_off00011198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11198 16688 bytes
SHA-256: e1d11c907f105bbea5002a8a9d57f4c830d7e7989ea1a4b447d1e5409c7e8645
font_01_sfnt_off00013ccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCB 11016 bytes
SHA-256: f0140a68c14609ce38743fc700b34d2741865ec1c18caf7957a94e89686b582d
font_02_sfnt_off0001564b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1564B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1