Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb7a004b156c94a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 08:42:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0cca3d8ac4c3c1d8db2a3febf04c94cf SHA-1: 160e0e09eb7237118e85006d390b55d04f5a7a58 SHA-256: 8cb7a004b156c94a3b7b21d7a6e3e94f54f70963c52bd0acd76632d4ecd7efb4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document's structure and content align with a phishing lure designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+continent+is+the+largest+and+smallest PDF link annotation
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/210d383b8dad2fa02fb4e90a02519236/lufoterelatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72352252709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aukshanya.promosing.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5610871935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jl-vacuum.com/upload/files/64893650073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ef4695573fbeaf9f67ad446138d1654/28829688027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/morarakiwirifufiwozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/87891683792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/fagebazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/segazerugibola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/14730896616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af5851dcfe051e6d06315603b944240/12537814818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407317f0b95---bevimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/53889555705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paeonia.ch/userfiles/files/75193448718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/77903654154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109011805219991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximangcampha.vn/upload/files/pezamarodofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trainova.com/userfiles/file/57440706813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/wogexewamugekugexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjiangchem.com/upload/files/wuweranekidudiripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baglab.pl/galeria/file/51030825244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mybed.tw/uploads/files/202109010953335685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133032673a4b---numemefikadovonekuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_050224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refezobojoledipo.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_off0000b56e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB56E 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 3d675b4a644a54862d540a96d2e34f97cda4807cde74fcd6b56adc99fca06806
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE611 13664 bytes
SHA-256: 0debf68165f5265002c5b0371811f5295bafc5c7ec4faca66661e6d487b4b381