Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cd3260c5c3cf5bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 96311bd6d58143a560462dba07ba70ef SHA-1: 84b572688474684b254da3ff997bbc275fd8c4f7 SHA-256: 8cd3260c5c3cf5bf9720100dd2da55f0c181aad474b55a400ca8613c98dcf244
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=writing+and+evaluating+expressions+worksheet+pdf+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80275824350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/5585886764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/41124026329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqnojbhtb56ajvu68rgktfglbb/sosowave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e3084217e2d5f4e3e23b973ca920b63/vipuwesolofapaselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7e2b00758f---69084862888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/10902644565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774f5b3bbb6---46750586216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c8dee21c4---22214015374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e87b2b5a4a---31078315536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607080dac2b64---jatosimebagusawisaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizupunibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/sawimewonono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d765a325e63284d56f3396cba9e38e/kidivosukumazekisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dilizaxawukovegosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161234d40ac914---vepulopirisatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/62126628378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089591e867d6---77869173405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artedelvalle.cl/gal/files/file/32536834903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/34909014329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/93713183551.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_off0000da64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA64 16428 bytes
SHA-256: 1c4603879a1f092f35808f5dbb2a1d52e55cb80ae9828e69be8b0ee08d32e650
font_01_sfnt_off000104f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F1 11328 bytes
SHA-256: 64cee0af0dbdaf29584b4b6ebd6fb30836d1b091a81e7751cc88673fe9968bc3
font_02_sfnt_off00011f63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1