Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c94f0f48d8c0daf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-29 03:52:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5d14c614db7ce81d7a4a43839605d000 SHA-1: 83e44889721fe9b2185d28aa3ea1edd933c4dfce SHA-256: 8c94f0f48d8c0dafdb694569a87f35c7b156655bfcedd45be00521a959b79e1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead users to malicious content or further compromise. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://storycycle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobelanidomunixuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e00809fc121cc863c0de370ebba88d42/mojevumemuwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/67890805016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumsevens.com/images/file/relidebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613650de7a65a---fokifipavipilesozogafixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68455184050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/42964243806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jimsdelibrookhaven.com/demo/jimsdeli/admin/userfilesfile/86796891827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/93392278437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/merevodawadokozuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92dfc6f3cc1055a1e6649a6609a49840/nujugeboxipuxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/jegadafoponuxogurilufoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/jakixewanabokevekujusamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbhattacharjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48086861880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/25403567137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210929_054620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyageaventurenepal.com/upload/files/67011135172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8ad6ecee8---puwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65695710871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharev76.ru/userfiles/file/wuzevawefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/21904132116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144a5280ff5b---ruzowesunigovenekolupibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezupukusujadigijugexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7315a659492f10bcb8f9293aa4fef2b5/84169337196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lost+in+space+androidPDF 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_off0000b3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B7 14908 bytes
SHA-256: 22e022b67dc795aa7651d1ccdaf2fd9019d6622bd28aaf45a9ba2470cb79e339
font_01_sfnt_off0000d911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD911 10420 bytes
SHA-256: cf5b8d8a60a344d98ce81ea5e92f1432db0e49418793e73faa865da7baab1edc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1