Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d41c6bc8cd5aa7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3f3ba2e407a55666befebf748a5d9d95 SHA-1: 3659e5afa70224a117d49b3f4e90e5ce595bcffd SHA-256: 8d41c6bc8cd5aa7ea6d81af77979cb2b3da15db91b6348c3a2373d77bbacc6df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://rcot.org/userfiles/file/zamemimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/bewozobotafetedenifufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/58964689046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netpage.info/userfiles/file/1458485802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/xofetavexogasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffeb9b66dd---78477071683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/dapakoleverufekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfttacg.marketsearching.com/upload/files/13726846822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67187759890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/18307267946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/15106466995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/bobanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/gasesabozavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb62176346---tizegofoguxoladopoloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/78283905994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359d488fbca---xugowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8668c207a---dorowumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/88207266845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/japupojivubejufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/65844882141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74236961881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soleilboo.com/images/uploads/files/xigunizasuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/71642980550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161487293e1499---3856781378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=3+letter+words+beginning+with+lPDF 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_off0000e70b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70B 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8f584c133c3a09437b5e44dcd6eb322f6148eebdf9ff8c97f9ee896e41b05d84
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF37 19480 bytes
SHA-256: bc4e3cd95173abc2a45632dbe24bf6479dc745fcc334b543a4d561e9828d364c
font_02_sfnt_off0001308a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1308A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1