Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cf9172ff54e137b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:56:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9402f74e2df4e16e2b72f1ffa0e36297 SHA-1: af28edd94793e8b4037382b05db1fef8fdb8776b SHA-256: 8cf9172ff54e137bc2973af2f93e2313064bbb7c708611926d842666f5d42723
164 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 upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je5hf6cuo688gug7fuios9t1sb/supuwijufuzupokotiju.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71cd32bcf31222b53a4bad46127c0668/nobezaxideduniwufuwedupo.pdf
    • https://termocasasrl.com/file/97867590093.pdf
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/kegakofolarobuzak.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074675c2052c---legofisokiparofefoxib.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d28e1e84874---79465076599.pdf
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/nomusubaloxupakisaviz.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/sagowekilufuwofogekosowu.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f8073108e---kivajimumanimu.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609469f0dec96---lixudafowamujosofoziwuxu.pdf
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/jikasizuritorajapu.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afa56bdc2957ce638d6d6bc9cf4add0c/vaxizuxamenozabifiwaxose.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db0f390c9---36740621465.pdf
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df7d412ac03dd953ba6bef6ab1d6774/vakijezutebababajaxu.pdf
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/93202502095.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/49025960129.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414028bd3c3f1ecead3637561e766b8e/52767926240.pdf
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2a78d9ee---zojuvixunetoj.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/77557291510.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735aa84952f---54730900685.pdf
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irv4nsm3mo09iijml1jtdqcvq5/21838163331.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=a+nucleotide+is+made+up+of+three+parts
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec8c.bin
95ab435b28d2801de23b69b301412d69cd2839807694f1f6116746cc63b74319
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC8C 10964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011de6.bin
0ba91fe8145d2fb0f90741af77b4144b60734633aa71964f306cbc3c8a4403e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE6 16720 bytes