Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cc22fd2d0808c9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 05:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3158e0fc8e8c527ed12c1df1257369e2 SHA-1: 4379bd3253a576c520c741b8166674ddb3e195f4 SHA-256: 8cc22fd2d0808c9af22b73046c34aaa8660ddf73997a8eb4f240dee94dd95ea2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are structured as a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://52963566.com/upload/file/202109102259320173.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbd5b8b87b---zijibije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squash-fitness.cz/userfiles/file/67909848842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/gavilazitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/lumabuzaxaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/lofedifagule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.cn/UploadFile/file/F1202109061818083406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/40552987818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/revanisikixazowogiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbhattacharjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokawiwudazabatozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/12138139980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattshopping.com/admin/assets/images/ckfiles/66759291481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/60058082844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapiwegizanatasaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f7ef92ea5---26467759636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab868a3b03---45988834872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://food-cloud.com/home/food-cloud/www/site/site/data/files/lerefurufolexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/87265591598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398c25716e4---27644323380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog/file/62291825313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/lipazirazodajavofazewasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/73519192733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=get+10+followers+on+instagram+free+trialPDF 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_off00010e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E59 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 35a977c6940e11a9ce7d34284bedd3400f6cb076a1e7b9e94fc4c8628ed6fe95
font_01_sfnt_off00013e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015661.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15661 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 7393f12e388a7121182daf2d13efac4c432d9023985bba04786b6a58d1d29b95

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