Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c45c844bf1b165f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-10-07 04:48:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2eafd69be6e285f5a23a33bc6594a0ad SHA-1: ff81b77a5c923cb5825120b27b92801bea74723a SHA-256: 8c45c844bf1b165fdb9e7d4b530d9c7ffe2608ecc125d7ffd2e03a78bba04699
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, being image-heavy with minimal text, further supports its use as a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://tpfish.com.taipei/archive/upload/files/26566288307.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/87054320036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/rudilazejipuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/99959166676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futurefacesmiami.com/uploads/file/redeluvivigibudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radecznica.pl/userfiles/file/gezuwufapokajujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magic-mugs-factory.com/uploadfile/files/muvevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13069788471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/87600605355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445dd084783---28959823019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/buzujepaxiduwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf3c0ec8c3---rifiritemoluwiwizozelejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyjourney.webtrails.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogawugezudadefogozuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/65252231593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/xamugawagiguvarabawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/rilutexokegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400e0fdffa1---60994473101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48554562340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavebnevyrobky.sk/www/upload/files/nadekegadebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forexinc.ca/upload/editor/file/zomidajedunuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/72572497961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29180023063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/47580953582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/97347620074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=print+and+applyPDF 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_off0000b292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB292 10080 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff3d3fdf854746590c928a05ba9f280219898aaf2b3cc9aadc50f19b069cd06
font_01_sfnt_off0000c906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC906 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE118 14260 bytes
SHA-256: c33411ffe37ae52c6ce04c07ae512210c83350e81b1a120ee577932b0327e34a