Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cbfb6df8f64be21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-22 20:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d4f9d05be26dc47d6c0503bc294059d0 SHA-1: 103cf4d395867659a2e14854345c8f610c4f7a9b SHA-256: 8cbfb6df8f64be21ef351858bf5b8c0d915d5fc4dda9799012095fab11b34a42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/72753635301.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/11388402471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/50163294548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents/files/24811193446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6771939459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/2057877930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziziwazisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aed03d118a68c7f8f2084a90ba6e152/nikipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympiad-bigben.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41740841863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/nenetasubikomotapodira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613545b2584fe---14836651311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1d9965add8cb37645ce2794fd8c5f96/56410635790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/42025086946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/97494829393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icaalliance.org/filespath/files/20210914100747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenoxamamajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/wubarebabowenero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacb3ca0f63c11cae899eb3128be85e2/99638116537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/jusemokazowipesovojetipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/75962941765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/fexexoberimukoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/16788964178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135bba0274f0---81511342100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/xonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/41331266600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bdf71977f---pofularul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+the+best+malayalam+keyboard+for+androidPDF 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_off0000df3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF752 11080 bytes
SHA-256: ee00f9df90728ed9541f7b63903188d5fee7e821177f08cb58908f7ddfe0ed44
font_02_sfnt_off000110ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FF 20984 bytes
SHA-256: bf7e4704c5bfd96b80a2a1b781176292b13dc4f7c2fc80a1987d1fe2065ee716