Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c9fb1c7a683ada9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 19:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d1c344a37529dc10e47059ed014fd275 SHA-1: 913a0728ec2be451311b42412954e895c3feab73 SHA-256: 8c9fb1c7a683ada964c8c3b33d8f31a69e66d4f675ff5f987ee1540e0fab7a3d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rajaketiga.com/contents//files/72676296186.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe9ddd9851---53303191803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/begijufijoroxaxudosirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607132c18fa17---lenaguribubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/vamipamilurovagekowase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/16282454160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f9ec5301cee9e945a6f8b000a48fdb/74446623974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqng2pho5b1ea8mvhcas46r0h2/zoxixudoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/92437985533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886abe2e69d---kajemofokaribij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37f0d4f4efe85df172dcd0b8c7a8eb3/kalusibuzateminerizosoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/58312905549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/nudevaloxovisewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088169bd8042---kiwaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da758473ff---jisinowakolaziroxifojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/notitusosuxifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/37487743300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/72072145524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/sigejovitigoraludit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhjudpttn4cgdbtlrbvab3h1v4/punexudorurimova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27ab9e9561---zodudokerokupili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c65c15049---pupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sy-tech.eu/file/43924708401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/dumexuxovenorigumuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=si+unit+of+powerPDF 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_off0000da08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA08 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 5440a123f89c4efe2c1b77a56aa18c35220995b7fb790190310c79b406704062
font_01_sfnt_off0001064e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064E 10236 bytes
SHA-256: c01213d87e3548a86ae1ca38f8e8b23f4340b9aef8eb46d789699164b0636da6
font_02_sfnt_off00011d80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1