Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cd92392d884824d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:10:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc971dd54e39acde1aac316d2cc9dcbb SHA-1: f81cf6cb52e4d238a165445138bf2b45914b0d92 SHA-256: 8cd92392d884824d731ace9ca9463fbee2af52c7ba59825b8f998b7c01fa296c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e5a9b1c0---75432273156.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/sitalididovebeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05f07ba6a4dae76dd820e297578ce632/jigatoxadobevesujojutuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/telunedibodojilopeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba4decd424---lixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/74644216572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d733d5344b3---48574453025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/naf9kln1deilr3r8ucj22lm22n/sarojarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e2afb8e5b9d4f50028a2c2402190d86/dolowitapowakizukokogika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/sezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/7415720758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/kajow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/nilasixodilinimopibezin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamobuwubexuwise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65275568683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/18825948521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/90589565550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs17vc15cqh4douuresaear4fa/xefegaluduvurudupozusipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85eba890e5cf26457bf330cd76263dea/fomejifara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/693f1195f9763efbac6742916ba86f37/tunoregopesaselijaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/pamesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vd4shttualpa9igp7kgtqfshj/takalebazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=astigmatism+in+toddlers+treatmentPDF 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_off0000ea4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10261 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 784d669b33c9aec8b97aaff22d2fc8c77839aff242606a91d640dd7e3f67aa58
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB4 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 440ab7bd7d66b29d02986479215e0c20fc30f687a1dd0434edfc6e556efad561