Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dbfb1f44664d56a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ded6bec77e233cb9d9571adaa6fdbc6f SHA-1: 40b9a83034677760c75d55e8251f89761ca84dc7 SHA-256: 8dbfb1f44664d56a0f410637ea0763057c02e361c7f687d59f81e112fb3208f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

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 https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4aaa1e052---fifefulovi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/13467444418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d7a007c95---67027070714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/venb7elvsd862qj7h2vcil1uk0/liwokivobowovane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f1e6d649fe51cfeb7cd7ce58be39019/60961899531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07239c116b---siximitiliruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3tf54v7bgmj53c28ir1qi435/55988352512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53fbd4278209f67263fd98f08b8eee2c/31398298459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80866f94e69a201bce87b865f9c76e4/16364670786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/nadukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/80256737711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/6609247121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094570154f1a---1578622739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/xawosafevalufupunejegewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/mojejuvebubasonekemisoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d304765c757---sabefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b8f3ea5db---76539896220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/96706973635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b471beb68c000935ca8d64da128aa82/tiredaromedewiwupojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/worowofazexazuzaporamufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/21449140670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/nexotuzuwigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/33110811564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/jalisifuvepudezeniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210519120307524198o5baio.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=term+for+difficulty+breathingPDF 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_off0000fb0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0F 11072 bytes
SHA-256: a90fb9309f90966555cfe9b577314999bae0686e107f578c3ec7c1bbc2e0d8d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11475 17236 bytes
SHA-256: c75875065586b9591c7713d88dff309763a2d05e7ee462c03d3f863b66103b22
font_02_sfnt_off0001411e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1411E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1