Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d1f16657765ac64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8dc094de3ed422e115359316ceaa9832 SHA-1: 9bdcdb1f76d59f68b6e294f2c88a3c2c07297e6d SHA-256: 8d1f16657765ac6444c6147bc90412e7873634173cfdd673de793e8e97d91578
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, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/30266051772.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60789c499158a5e3d94e614283e3087a/62328017992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/34723011041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/limijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3f56c5f89691bfd1cdc28df8449b1c2/64055465285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35867162205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961b1a35c23---35199565031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/41706828386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fe8aa155a---42156199937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/dilixirelorazutagupuvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98958683501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/3312683579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0d439cc345e5f5aa5ed1b22f7a147cb/fugubebutuzogigokujowijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ub8lbjo8688lh7vc0h4j0vrr1/118689522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c82701fb16---49856388366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d05ec4e2---8217016124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128ffc8ab77d696457f6d94de0bd7043/72080649446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuwoferovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/47962041864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312d81b4107---77606474520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/14808054179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumnicollegedelunion.org/clients/76066/File/kopubakurozonekinagerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/55486178812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvijenivezuzibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/3752575485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/94616311817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kuber+mantra+in+sanskrit+pdfPDF 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_off0000fdf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF3 20596 bytes
SHA-256: e04a011875c6e0ab34992549076351d47834d7232a177979808b085e25f2b616
font_01_sfnt_off0001335c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1335C 10816 bytes
SHA-256: d9375c5a147158e00de18e2c944dca1707613d37d008b83c2e97d758a2ee0c86
font_02_sfnt_off00014c13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1