Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c53d8fd2a252a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:11:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5bc8a6dc62df7a5545c7e3a19852765f SHA-1: 0865cc7b9eee8a77443d8d4aea4a8fae23350b37 SHA-256: 8c53d8fd2a252a096425dae4b184663bc2f7f35cab3a79c90e6017532d07bcb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138336ad3a85---95062556098.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/11090973925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votejoedestefano.com/editorData/file/4895841849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/peput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300323befd3---2084647788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/69378827595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/biperenukulokumetikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/26651306130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerparts.com/upload/files/49145141067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawana.tech/userfiles/file/lokuzixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/15353475144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orosweb.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65436723236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b12b79b8ae---53169652010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/vupilovogadozelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613161a707bd8---17259538077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/73120983473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/52954416867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dazazivatokorawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66pd4loksr3tqt39bqpv6tbbbv/43773644425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofosibezidaxumemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/badupobaxabarusofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3261097629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109080159223677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326d0fb6876---zeluvubosiduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jts4nouau0st5825f451g1pnct/52842231505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa99e70e80ea1c34f8c05e3015abc8f/datakilogijukexilutozogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/83939589474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+on+mobile+apkPDF 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_off0000eb80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10392 17676 bytes
SHA-256: adb6d9102f0844125a759be4f5bb683ce882d1f1344974ef5b2571de03593482
font_02_sfnt_off00013138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13138 10548 bytes
SHA-256: c9c880c7b45ce015c55d198202e5a6931d41ae55c5fb0d68df1a0ba4390c39bc