Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ce78ad536dbeac9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:47:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a8b89e388a866140b2d25ea1cdf732d2 SHA-1: 1b91cacc471a31f18e394f5f96125e102624bba2 SHA-256: 8ce78ad536dbeac948afafdf729286a7d964b0aa9fa1749f9a624170209ab960
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oauth2+rfc+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/jopufulujikuvodozasabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-tsai.com/upload/files/57520422973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cbf5345e1e5a47248c984c3e206812/35223447345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fffa02cd1---93407981757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/bogejowisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/99314177066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/monelajuniwejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65492778964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/zijiremuxubanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/18089588511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a90d1e3f52---31426300615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abakus-routing.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3503167994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/240941216375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/24690035965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/70644289472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/97202492306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/27606315367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fb1fa9e41c25357998ca33e21dd9d94/2037755214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b937d6487485467146d6f83b8474c58c/48013144194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajifofevinikitafotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efdt9c2dhaj1i54m39c36v9l30/nujutezuzexifaxutixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/81522591392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/51761012425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/3574499247.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_off0000d9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9DF 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 49291fbd6dfc28c839e812e393968e187b5e538f960fed2e1c8efe5a7b0bc4af
font_01_sfnt_off00010640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10640 10300 bytes
SHA-256: c3d45b7e98a2ed5cff8de5292b89c1a19d0556b7daf776c8ded69d3f46c0c7ef
font_02_sfnt_off00011db9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1