Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c662fefcf0dbf42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:13:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1ad6b56c3241551a558ac67f086bf19e SHA-1: e1673c359301191090fd9aa8303f65965b817736 SHA-256: 8c662fefcf0dbf427a0f3bac7d67b7768c2f5edce4c382fdd4a9845f25e8931c
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 compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect the user to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hydrogen+halides+boiling+point PDF link annotation
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b6fd547d5a---ketezuwizerasuwawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd85286b5e---garetejuruvofadafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31099426523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protum.se/file/12312951427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d9aeb14e6ced3e398864f3aa074801/zafulowemadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/ziwiwosetatujusisitafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138095f68abb---bajagogozexazujumefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/14974692643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/66277431321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbcsisa.com/upload/fckeditor/file/bolopagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/kezevosatedulinilebavaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impeka.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/8207339748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210901_195151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81291599812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/5120880367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389cb480ed3---61546171361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5f050ccbc---74749341513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/wudevagoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silarperu.com/UserFiles/file/34963186989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/62519295179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-keber.de/images/file/66464163446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/guluduzakakobajowomunudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kevovabo.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_off0000d00d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD00D 10916 bytes
SHA-256: c582cefb145f86b999044da2b9254aa41df18c7b21671e91bfaab82890226625
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C0 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 3c425f3c21ba0b2bcc928390c57420d15fb61b14b9a66b2335c985d4b364793e
font_02_sfnt_off00011820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11820 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1