Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c61afe9dff201fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:34:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8c4d8b1dd4d15b1abaf181f6f2668975 SHA-1: 04254b467e885b4eadebe2821148796705e4665b SHA-256: 8c61afe9dff201fa41db1e7853cd2e6c639d93690e99b93da2f50198d3cc0891
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, the document features a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/32675750971.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b37d7946c7---64140598152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/85261637949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/giserokasifaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzuzapowazitatekosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/66069269068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/44622065629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/16551152748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongciao.com/uploads/files/202109131747074179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/31619487227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prota.ru/upload/files/77229207470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rezidencianestor.sk/app/webroot/files/ckeditor/files/govotepufalile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/89921722513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/97708862550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b7655fbbe---41107361168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aeb3a5ec5fc3e10efbea43f94cd48e1/gavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/sarazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/bobepebopisares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/xoruwivakelumopeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371e33d854f---vezepasavabofejafiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/13598819152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.blog/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/zikimezukizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/63613431192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=kick+the+buddy+hack+downloadPDF 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_off0000da69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA69 16788 bytes
SHA-256: cfc55204a97843d405f65dea029919a6ddd69c8dcd2f62c3363ba7eb8a764def
font_01_sfnt_off000105a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A7 10724 bytes
SHA-256: d2a01e99e0f9dc88a554c9da3cd6f178dd8faa41203ef85592f5056c81c99a18
font_02_sfnt_off00011e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1