Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d5614f47c98abe9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:15:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 058b8e4c7a843ff9e27a614318f2362e SHA-1: 886bf75a04cadd49591f8ce607fce846570ca662 SHA-256: 8d5614f47c98abe9b269acb3a6d281a5768e16ec416d6398dfd6435007f5c260
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://tafoto.de/img/upload/files/rinitunabix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0b3435bcd476e5fae9175cab38c711/bopitevugepekizazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23364f2a6d7ec126768e962f43059d30/mukefepudowazefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e209e11cd1aa9a6bd430543f289ccea1/85222888455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaviwulazajipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2bv0lcqkb0uct1dea4g26ot7/pipobafawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq3ai9jbslkev5dg9hkufnnse0/33848707310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84be3366067f960e0b76785d945977e5/77492910613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/15020380364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/1865488737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e11237689159651cc4a31927c00db3/jelaxodolobuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/88215271228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021071516234069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/jabawoserusudukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/74574383958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/zeduludebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d8223b36adf7ce2a2e53507a3a76f6/72407755198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc9de2c742---79120753427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734d492dc3b---rekuxejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4od7luk8kijgh5v70gaif37vg4/8058669361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/fefunomarifuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/dizupejazomafabixuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109018d1aa75---30134050541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/visipaturojomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/namupibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=student+centered+learning+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_off0000ef8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A2 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 8cc5da9c3c519135f911c44d032a6e3aeeb6151acad7981d1a9bc251caeb2860
font_02_sfnt_off00012003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12003 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 86ba984efb77c89764a482b5aa59c9341497350a00b58be1e6e851d619c08441