Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6dcd2462673b04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:52:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e9e856c4922a8fab926a2a0f4c6590d7 SHA-1: f4974cec85e1df256aa3e9ba630a838513e8ed63 SHA-256: 8c6dcd2462673b04b1989b3bf35d38216c783c71bf581346306d6c42f8c18d49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=john+cena+vs+brock+lesnar+2003 PDF link annotation
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/tufuponolexejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/bemegajabujawewunusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitec-egypt.net/userfiles/file/21265860311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///83058129141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/gilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/mixezisixuziledewasumir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13785738608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/ketorexikesosuzezujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/81224596380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuxinusepetunomepulise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21252046273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a485cc71466bf88ed82f9aac7b403751/laxatidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itidharamshala.in/images/uploads/files/novezezezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/79456055863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/bogamiwerusitutirefekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/vupipimekifuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezetevugokipudiropovifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d70603462---63752781036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/tazojujamegumofudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kstraders.com/userfiles/file/vitidazakeluzejiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/58789661966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceelectric.ca/userfiles/file/16368133806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416eed9f7fb---devatobarenuleduvowuremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/japobaboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/89520812718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/nuvilemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/jofijugupifopenexisero.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_off0000de7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7C 17436 bytes
SHA-256: c1684f7f801d4038a3796cdda14f6a88842b9d6651965645b5519983e9e873bd
font_01_sfnt_off00010b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001238d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238D 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 7598ba55220c69c1365a3f7104fd5a19e4e2cda963c4f3ca1cf55db40799b05c