Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d704ad80669665f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:02:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f3a15fa869eb5a44552c77e1eca97c68 SHA-1: 328f9956c4b4467906f44c44d57c91cf8ef2cd38 SHA-256: 8d704ad80669665f41c9850ce48b9917187d2b73e80981bb398b85c5b231991f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://montrealpsychologist.org/clients/c/c9/c9c46cd79ea88ac5ae94f64bb0de8c36/File/pasaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef9234b256---17761070448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b218d501e12---83524932129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/visoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849ae6f011d---bisezonefapixitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/jibutevogexuratarifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hpgbhq1ivcibanh3r47k2sbm5/71678840495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/zutonafiworiwogijutinupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f489643a001e80d9bc2d6a5a50dafa/birifawodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/61441314745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64b209ef9b---beneraruwupesujilabido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9017ohhiaicmccf8ebqs4eeh4/migeboxafipoturuxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123670fcb3d6---49125172407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/93394121318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/31642616708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvh0n7po9cke7ngu3kv87hnfsh/gilinetejurutusamulesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/89875075882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a751543e76c---loxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210613202519348738xsymyb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba334095ffe---15698844760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58259899803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tostonet.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusuxiweragazezosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/zodatite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14061812161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=co+parenting+worksheets+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_off0000b399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB0 10940 bytes
SHA-256: e92417b2d22ff9d6bddf2b3d299015570a0feb9441a404c4f55373dc4eb620d3
font_02_sfnt_off0000e4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DF 14576 bytes
SHA-256: c78f69ae78a777f048e4ee893269430dbb4ba29f4a0eb20655da07a26efe77b0