Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cde95dbb25f5620…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:35:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9914a50b4e2fee5ff0252a06d99f41b6 SHA-1: 4f3f7710a8741a29f35d0e69f3762d217ea526a4 SHA-256: 8cde95dbb25f56208a4a72be77ebcb52e3b0e566b250ac22d0ecaa9fd6f41369
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=floor+manager+interview+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621v9npv02m8sirl1o53odnisl/vixajelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75342015166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44c3aecc5eb68a901e9c2f02243b096/87174401386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/vepanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c184fa05998---66006273116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609845a805bcd---76990700487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/44602345548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/zexurizejubofidarokidisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/sesugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murivisesananasozapuxume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37fd812ae711077c77902a5c88ff8c38/69009874020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/nalukofilinugezenalora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nova-auto.com/upload/wesujasugigivuxumazeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/39933058387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/sojefefovibawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c70245e80---76109651587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/74301950329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33138baae2501b67b4c74ba967aee043/pamadarubosiwatikedejapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0022db0654---mukidapezeperasilamijavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607609c606650---besibarisuguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/99247144177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72733fb02812de78ca6de003b4a7c418/somaxazixolewuduzeveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/mabibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/wopudekoxetusosejofizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f81ca7bed912bb2aaa6dee8339863c6/winibimubaselanaxolobox.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_off0001195e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195E 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 2075bbe8ebfb1f6e8c558cfcdb3d4d5ad0beefc258618aac3d59db4fbab5240c
font_01_sfnt_off00014828.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14828 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 68b6080baf7d44c8d95b2f400f9ce5073ae5a9f0ce1af94b3f754251fe9e1b5b
font_02_sfnt_off0001611b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1611B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1