Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8da2fc8fa5e6dcef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:01:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 60026d30f0d45aa753fb2ff8edbb3770 SHA-1: 68db465729f0b6553c971504ff52df3074b922e2 SHA-256: 8da2fc8fa5e6dcef5d21f3ed48b42a07167393bbb831e5d50bb45a80ee0fa112
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely designed to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cf038f475---44673078326.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48086364121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8phahs3j0u9pbidckpfd3cue78/silipasulekagolewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b2e69612fc5c6071038bae007fafec2/fevukudodozebutufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/bidupoxonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/29845666368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928aefa6ed0---22946642007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb5211f0159859824c5fe12603f7820/wofujafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/tojowozekejukuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14922643447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k99cdl451ekifl5usj71fa2b2v/tebefupakoxute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/50725928054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/30353922231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/85260551479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89a3205a32bd23a3b06b6d267fc3cec5/dubuzusokumamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/88456204114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/rotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/katimafitemibemelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30d249c1d2---67214131269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfd04693b47---fopaxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bce39be720---7583780417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/43807668380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31477685041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1b4930f22---92345672329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B9+%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85+%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B1+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_off0000d971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD971 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF183 22024 bytes
SHA-256: 41dc23aa8e68dc69c7f25ac9af4a15e90abafdba2665922e43250698cd4ad528
font_02_sfnt_off00012930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12930 10516 bytes
SHA-256: ed060ac1667e10c39e487875e0c63f833ba21a488d611177730427c151d035ad