Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c9bc6612b2d2752…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7024336299e37f99a3ce58c66e41da3e SHA-1: 7495dee54a8857542be1c29d5f67e6cac9e87e4c SHA-256: 8c9bc6612b2d2752450e91323791627ff2eb3c3893365fbec8f5954e190397e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

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://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us77qv5cjttsr4u4h8caneptv2/52822700667.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/63178464455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609726b679a2c---vekokexisisetemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/wumixaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjn8n9kpe13aoq7qut7rdhf8rd/wamuzitovare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajovabiguzurobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/71736736175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmffsp5no9umkfojp6vao7dmqa/53934900519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009f65343314b12071a10b8699a56c85/98472084261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/zimowagivitojijufiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e642fe30b131d2c95d122662741ff085/95338246238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kku2h6ppp24nj7ejhc96ij0h42/50879003191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/25574402932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e40dd928c06---48334493760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/siwujotuvutalubaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc720bb4bff6ab9de7a972a3db3edb85/gimunazona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurvedicclinic.org/userfiles/file/97036815730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/70694748922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34053255025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06ba6871ce3e756e8e8389d6caf760ad/jarabezikovinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1e9e66ff2---247170319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/20630432355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/xoluwodapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797b623bdd8---36901284177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=web+pages+dark+modePDF 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_off0000f2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AE 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 7d735f83e4da79c05ab52bc8797527d5811d2e159ffc20a6d8f269035c7ca3bf
font_01_sfnt_off00011f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F25 10620 bytes
SHA-256: d66f0c7d5b1fef27f8fb45c560146d0fdc6bdac1b0cff1d8365a06d00f339d84
font_02_sfnt_off00013709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13709 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1