Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8caf351aa160bb2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:05:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a14e69bc6d2066ad0e6c3acb6dde1775 SHA-1: 5b87d040cf759bf9dd804c86a14a3bc91ca786da SHA-256: 8caf351aa160bb2ebd0bec73720e11ccdc03c2d4c584edf6866b48c3d1a1a4de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a series of links, likely to a phishing page or a malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/wexufozij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43816316762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/10943217567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/89927346707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/rosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/jewogegewanunelapiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugreat.com/filespath/files/20210901112547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pribatu.lamilagrosaimport.com/images/files/42527998339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnalog.ru/images/file/segitibateno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jp06cthd4bc7uleigeej8loob7/34510582936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odessawa.com/userfiles/file/31546972901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381e274405e---tubatexagarudomurenidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3283b88eb---36421527655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panel2conso.com/userfiles/file/14450293754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/xoxagazuvewijegusikiwedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/kisuzebukagaliwigowijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwukezudasininexiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/pikuxojewawifokijarerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/wogomevikusatowilusun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarozizenajewakekusolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31846947851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65129798833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/nobeledefujikudapakiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog/file/jepuzoniliduwosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenejugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/wawiwiritikuligavujatafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mod+games+android+offlinePDF 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_off0000f2e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E4 10592 bytes
SHA-256: ba81fe5eb7d3475dfe98fe062f506ad65b1e9c08a65eac3050288fdd47eff11d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACE 16632 bytes
SHA-256: 076988cb8e51cd7a9fcbda47adf025d87113ca8837d73d0c6eba08f78ed04bc8
font_02_sfnt_off00013621.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13621 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1