Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb4a8115e61d3ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:57:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 00630c07d95eb5926c07ae3c0ec5555c SHA-1: 3ed6a86e56dbbf091aa3b30564b80d38d55cd93d SHA-256: 8cb4a8115e61d3ed5b5b1df4fd2e0ac300efdd73c2038ed6f675d321cf3bcbd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The numerous extracted URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, reinforce this phishing or malware distribution intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mergers+and+acquisitions+mba+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/zitemidurakogufomedufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vicorsupply.com/uploads/images//files/musavanirufojibonobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/9632612093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/87492295940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303c74c0c83754260d52ea590a4fb4dc/kesademiburonodilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5djdb1un8e117vlrf8rf8i423/37976221824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98c0adf802---84261194183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/75166335965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/15562782328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1o0gvaqe1lpcv6hpoepll2odu/zenexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/zuxuwinamuxisanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161132204c63d9---nezoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee0236758f---gunosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0c32bbeb9---ropimenuzebebopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/40808769259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b72b9c50838cb08b78f5e3b7172f1f/moposufamawufawajimomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cef791d7298---wonajipakupokepobajapuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/98791114625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiampelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b896bd5552763c6bb1ebb0222ec658d/ludizono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cec028c071---sevazenaragovovifiduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/29087597185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e79950b17---dulaloruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/wamabawumugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/mepigesevibesoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/82515635783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/9293299201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b5ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDFC 14600 bytes
SHA-256: 9c1d00613ab13441a8124b5d7b32c40a1acfb822f1c9ffdbad542fa1d4c0b386
font_02_sfnt_off0000f263.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF263 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 28c35b22b8a27e5b24b9ebd8953f58286a98e4ecd3c706bd0a80e0dd8860c100