Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d6292c5483e6841…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 07:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: aa3b9234bb64837e7de1d7234ca29f62 SHA-1: a974ecf2e9eba3d36eed91d9f332d30700d9be33 SHA-256: 8d6292c5483e68415e6ff52ac9ae8facdcc973d4ad89899ada74340320db0ec5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites. The 'ClickFix' heuristic indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into executing commands, a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38091203f2bad707ce71214addf05a8/24317053829.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20v1evn7cv9ls3hephi45a40f6/pimozofaxogapafemuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105250157294383724dyuby.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternaseguros.net/files/files/potimefexazupidoxaxigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/33840417579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusapopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/bijometawewufatabekakujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea56a889d53ba2f63d18531ad3d825f0/dodudavipamijowivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4897edf703846cd6663bd7cbab6b4e73/goxuvuxogulawase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87362841112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/jurumojifapezazineva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/zagerimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5b630a40e0ff43f98092111eec8740/22329939836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1627625706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aeff85fee9d9869f6b9e81b3019523c/51459896831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449d4c60c446afe46914e829cc143135/69393924519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec55ecaca0---63400189621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb9747ed2542defeb1428e03dafe7d1/nejetuzugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/460a67564f811262a8407c5d0bac0512/30837545140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/45328638011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919fe7817c2---waxebenuboziwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/82759977252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/mozuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/26745244654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=download+skyblock+minecraft+1.14.4PDF 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_off0000fc47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001145e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145E 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 7eef4bb0b0eeffa597d7bdb6d97c5d3809cf5d734c9cd5424aa1c945b9fa3aaa
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF1 18556 bytes
SHA-256: d28a572ede65748665dd4e1819e418411a4c89d283463760138ac31aa2905b03