Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d528323d73c663c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1cf377def7f996ee09279408fdc044e5 SHA-1: 3b420f6f04af3731db238fb9470107e582dce1f3 SHA-256: 8d528323d73c663c31f94b379b9c4d520f9010069d66c7f67ec9cdfa7fd6e34c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of a malicious payload, while the link farm aims to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/307d27a42411a63a2a02902718130d1a/jozojasizudin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ca53f29da48c0c7ad6e5b212742a50/9525469375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/bivibimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogebakobelexepobazosiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-him.ru/userfiles/file/dewimefuwubaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/92710206771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/puruzoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614130665dd15---21625486125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesezofuseduvorigoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.com/E/file/vukorovilelane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytokin.ca/upload/editor/file/xawaxegimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/rekutejugojitizuzeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/88093305679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/botisipefuwijave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/88732850795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/50378852642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/60007141173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23207917549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/kidujotitoxolalexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1tlstar.com/storage/uploads/files/gotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibericadearmerias.com/file/jebijimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://360global.ca/userfiles/file/jedukabuxuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a4bbb7471---fegesisokowubapefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ac6b86100---99307767326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qwerty.pl/_data/file/72910032733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+into+xlsxPDF 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_off0000d6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C0 10528 bytes
SHA-256: f87013ad4f06d3458e1e7f4594d67c772ec7ca7e59b485a3c57d9dec7c04581a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE1 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 8fc0a1cf0f56a164bd5c45f2b2f60a6ffcc3a90507a428852dcc9d43c3fb9cec
font_02_sfnt_off00011c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1