Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d4fe02adf51a919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 10:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ff42b1c7b67e7ee3be1e58ae89979a0c SHA-1: c5e4b566228d7274c8366454f2e96bd80ca94c97 SHA-256: 8d4fe02adf51a919b795992d4b089edb36199970a57ce60527c8d1f433ce325b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to external PDFs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to distribute malware, with the ML classifier strongly flagging it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/45542864471.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/6883783776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/keriribozurubigido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukikenogulosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/94881334403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d51658ab1a---96107048883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/divelebutakubufodupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/80091011419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/75205010486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a55ade421a---77038400876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/gipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/kafatewemiroribeduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de856e5d73d82f4e80d1eac575f58d37/18949020293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db6596d888---rafipumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/42571069403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df122cffe5201ab1dc0a399506a7bf55/jarufewibofirafiruzopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t3t0p9ljroj0envsmdlepq9s3/25071768648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/59017257156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5554840cf029291529b0d660ca4159ea/ravefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxegewibatajibuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e507782949121a8262e504937e1eb06/1056511202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/vediduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenwhorockarkansas.com/clients/4/4c/4cfcdabbb7b8ad81bafe9a4295858145/File/98617949725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmdsh6u9msm93fgdhuf1qkhnav/53423121216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/xikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dna+challenge+answer+keyPDF 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_off000133b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B1 17904 bytes
SHA-256: d525e08b319400d450b4e6e7144db317813cb7d3ed92ce43cbd6a3e175c7a1e6
font_01_sfnt_off00016307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16307 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 3baf2acfac6a91b0d1aa05d8934e95c390eba8586218491cef754aab8ec8c5e6
font_02_sfnt_off00017af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17AF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1