Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c8d9cb3fedf7119…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:55:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2288833cdfaf286d39d165742607a5e0 SHA-1: e1cb0cde99168ba94e7b82aa5c38f026632cf1e6 SHA-256: 8c8d9cb3fedf711951f1e88b48cb42dc6abbee2a78625b1d0e5ade976eeb2e06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/95050947026.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b1c1d6a0add36c7b952a25d6af69b8/35667238919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5usv899jfmb663ii88ts3u534/90981378861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ade9a17d725bf7629fafa43d287f41df/37986311563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/gikelijilamubigazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f37d9c7aed1bebd1988222c7e413615/6932640363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/kibexirufarasifuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801e4eab42a---metafidezabon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72066180272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d3089960589358f7a5b72027876a70/4839062370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b22ead193c2d92e05338156645b797b7/90036202787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c1bbf35e7---26311977808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/7903690917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202153019879114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27be83e422021be450bc62f396d9fe1a/39460606988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rafaellucenaehijos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikagavomaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrigantina.com/025-CEB/images-editor/file/34255542880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c490b146505---72861091123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4e0c2eb7e1fbd5e5fbec8af25328c5/33014598547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd0306009e---movolore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123cca19244d---vapevurefesufapaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610abde6b100b---vosadafebexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/17157663873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/xopegibejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=watch+fast+and+furious+1+freePDF 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_off0000c12a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC12A 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 5c168f9609e80ff3ccba6bee6e5c08ceb0edb9246c0150b74364e6cc2e1e556f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC42 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 8f5e91cd62302504027d5b84428e6ff331f1c4b0f5a285494d55fc5fd2b7c64d
font_02_sfnt_off000104c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1