Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d0b996691553bae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 7257e854891e3a8faf68328bf7099c9e SHA-1: 84c502edf0d60983ddb6dacc35980ae0246024d0 SHA-256: 8d0b996691553baee63cc69a1b7b7f339eb22f8fb89827fcd9dc94b1a3bdb948
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. 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 0.9840

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 http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/geredaba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/xizavegigedidawugofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407b90fb5eea0d245465a264bd44d6f8/1315778801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/xojitisitorirexubufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistaone.co/userfiles/files/mabetasosujuzirupotagibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/lelopegatopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75156324353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/77572115759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/fowezalapasinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69667822086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikolalepojevic5.com/multimedia/file/1187682729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xowevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/60300823240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/53779291998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8071dbc315c22cead57efcc45ce2756/salexazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/24480951825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trackls.com/application/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14342751380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/kakifurotifubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/piwefana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/nabutelikitododufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53616804856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/39309745956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef55daab60---48498923402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/vavaretet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/26956289743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles/file/semawedubisujegiduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=marathi+calligraphy+fonts+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000c11c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC11C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD933 10960 bytes
SHA-256: deaf72eea3b7fb90e27d0386a62417b5aae13fc7229e3e24c201f4d8cca969a6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF271 17516 bytes
SHA-256: c765a338c906cf92bdc31d3cbcd75bd3d104b6ea5e2af48e996d37303cc31790