Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c995aca75288777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 05:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f48d6b30631c5e3754cfe2e835502e6e SHA-1: e8216c6bed6400a6b8e5f2ba9c410fd63d9460c0 SHA-256: 8c995aca7528877739791c0acce228ee3aac5e5fcfb4ea76b3591c0efe885acb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The PDF likely uses its embedded JavaScript to redirect users to malicious external URLs, potentially for phishing or to download further payloads. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests a broad distribution or redirection strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/25347109216.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sangsangins.com/upload/upload/file/libebetibusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53da641ab6996c5a44ffd2c533655e9c/rovetuvesaxatipatusafuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95747811441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a0906d2bb---kopezedoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edins.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/vatilurulibojidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jin-ji.com/upload/files/86671011658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafenetesevelimetuvezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botowizijepuwifopajixosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lachambredechos.com/userfiles/file/52897066127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/fesowagafobelelipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/86753936807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/xawero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/ruxaxuxida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/63066784533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/83340196228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/99723845648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loselikarobedenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/48939053180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17083410524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimura-shihoshoshi.com/userfiles/file/87887896045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db5ea5bb57d46355c7dfbcea2e44bd7b/11859651726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73360139045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131db0a694c6---gagofakegasijafolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=360+degree+camera+apkPDF 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_off0000c109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC109 18180 bytes
SHA-256: dcf8387523173989cc3e39f87f8d64b5e4e2502947d6f72ee075a9fe27e61536
font_01_sfnt_off0000f07f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10896 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 55c89ccf5132f190fc90b56620ebc89b8e1b45048237935895e107586a134114