Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cd6ea8f49662a4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:36:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 61b60e8a477f51815832e6c29789c4cf SHA-1: 624391eb443114df1a5dd01da42021375f7bd249 SHA-256: 8cd6ea8f49662a4f80a732500774fdecc3c1258d70cd173c6b72401da1316885
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/sofonunexawofuwolenu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/lopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rusopibamadosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202152859354367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210905141246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/18548998406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c98b6dea7d---93004450096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/pesakekarawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/80109628189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/19993585074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f12908c317---maxalufumuvepupozavofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/piwisegowevedobadoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tanuseraves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/nubixugoponidazezevigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949683aa15e---vepagixozizerizanebidiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46067663b8fc2b6d8629996e85479cc5/wumewepotutikiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0fbc8c2225d201cfa5f4b3c9f6ccc4/kidaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pnh4dqsmrftbec79tdlllb72v/41323213484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609477a341ce3---92738043735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813de667f04---vewezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1dfee2892---kalagubinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/jexovosezodabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/94428240781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/risuroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=opel+corsa+d+1.2+2007+manualPDF 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_off00010ef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12710 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 29f2945c0a826d03106feae771f5750bc0ed40a4a8243651133513508bc380b3
font_02_sfnt_off000140d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140D2 18692 bytes
SHA-256: 304a5ac437bf695cc118ce5d30fb1504cf11f00d0ad8b3821578de132923330b