Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c7dce64d5dde6be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 664f893909e485499a3235d4f5548a92 SHA-1: cb04c1cd143e02db3f6b15b0ff1ebca9e783cc11 SHA-256: 8c7dce64d5dde6bea174ca7c140baf1bfb1b972eaecfe29a3eef963f5cd27ee8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests the potential for malicious code execution. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+cursed+child+hermione+death PDF link annotation
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/zavujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d76ebc9edea---9278475465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f1d78ebc---konov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d060a84c26c---zoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/faralalolamebegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1db9c60b3b---jawonunetiludud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/43402012015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984250c1e25---tutosowitawuvazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/jupademitija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/10483380377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a102f2e1147e4d7decf9e08778782603/72536976930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/20172067502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/xirovukutigisuwopatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae9634b9af---5832848126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc1298265e368977aaf15b5e5fa6436/71347415626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/fawuripujatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607416b1207d2---rusuralizubuvuwigomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/82684319760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c2ff671fc---20763985111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/51980794770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/90247342671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2abfee707---galujomituj.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_off0000f402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF402 17368 bytes
SHA-256: b6720a6ed87c75d2a23e4c604b764da9a68c2540628986f3e8b7d9ebfc2ad36c
font_01_sfnt_off00012148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12148 10984 bytes
SHA-256: f1828d16b5b4b7f15d0e4b880745a47e7d03763ea2cb50400382cc2b6190725c
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1