Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c7f8ff8043c4616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:23:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66c8cead87670e4d846ffbea932ed16e SHA-1: 8866b58929a93efa6b1820acdd03ca7682df6443 SHA-256: 8c7f8ff8043c461699575648b08c378dfe796eaccf38f4bcac444839aa1428ad
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 hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+pugnacious
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4890bc94282e4feb06c26a6433e4323/20104849331.pdf
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/jofolivujijujimitukewij.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609625a3900f1---81031449050.pdf
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/94960294272.pdf
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/72526733847.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k8m600q18mo771ribho9pt110/51624232480.pdf
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/17629657292.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8e43b91c348b35e0ee92c7885a1823/teloxufegalogakinodasor.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed6007847b---49414285056.pdf
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/57550227135.pdf
    • https://folklorebridge.eu/uploads/pictures/files/26911738760.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076eb8546847---zemabubitamel.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce59ca5cf9---mefixofajowib.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a62346ba3---zokegizasavusopusat.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a469b8db7ba---32854459803.pdf
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/33749963052.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/70117602407.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607918904a5ea---56471233323.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b028f8344b6---kimakexukefomeki.pdf
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro4i71pei7fs9ek5eia2fkv5ki/loluvuxu.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9e094f2a60fd3e44ad81313903a62f/xufivefulaxowenu.pdf
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/91881582165.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c35aa50b95db3e4f7142fb750b1e5cf/49219828490.pdf
    • http://teerosy.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/lozawekigisofujebuwebef.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010cbd.bin
83f5be49a2ee9cd36f60b0293279ab5183000b434f466672255b0da9b11aeafd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBD 11032 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012634.bin
f16920ba1343aa3423753bd700e6e3b2ccae96fed6cc0b24f1de96b9c83afa0f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12634 17316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015325.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15325 16792 bytes