Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c8d2b844a3a2508…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:09:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 538954eb6530b7dfc8a00278d7d52946 SHA-1: 6dc2b832c4cabe3944fc64ca6f6392f4fb8c91e8 SHA-256: 8c8d2b844a3a250871b5c8ba2fad28e8860ce4ea33e3147f1ef55f48149294ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/31685020140.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca34858b62---37777597838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qapoll.com/2015/vat/upload/files/rimobodapilodizisoseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c633850b79---zajemusazabumebosezululo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22336073548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d2af65307b596e572870add8e45954d/vovilewojujuvojuwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojgtf0g3pn5gsfq69nfm1vm0dg/16557323672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a6ac77ad5---mitadiwomoxesixepebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/51263628908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429090303168597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/puranilakowalagolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niktid.ru/userfiles/file/77695266358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/50200230103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfcc70bd51cbee77dcd63aaf8167285/75919185846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/kadazuwono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3518j3q7v89e598sl74t79k18/3574831819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8518390ad10f8c43080ad12587ed182/22626563996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217f1375ea7e0c3ff191a314bc3ea7f5/japapubiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valumoretuzozogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/kavujajadominibosetat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/45619687380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/ralasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/24294455029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibupoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=lover+taylor+swift+piano+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000e3ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EC 18288 bytes
SHA-256: b26a22f87ccd9ddebe16bfe1ee6d44046d4eeae36470c03ac809814215110b86
font_01_sfnt_off000113db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DB 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 7f1affe5351b677cbda38c8a0d8998b2c6fb1c595531a77216e7d20ecff8f684
font_02_sfnt_off00012df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1