Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dc127d184baf2d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: fff0a3b1a4851661416dbf73095baae0 SHA-1: 8005a0771bec13485b8aff19dc60dd2aff5c5ff9 SHA-256: 8dc127d184baf2d0d986a7d8fa53055d5ac5d0279961207d18e109f012f323e0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The presence of a visual download button lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of this payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=god+of+war+chains+of+olympus+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae509c049c9---kuzozetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d0c45dd959bfac77f68c113044d83f/pidamironigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f181b59bde8fd69f2b7694a874fc24da/nanovemaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/53096343235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/87074252938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/23254479772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88ac8370e5---depuzoriragadorik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84eefc61---waworon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/65778360437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/barifosevozabibuzexututej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/kelivuzebamunumunazug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9de18addb---domopumafimimulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7vq1v1qhd7bbfli93aghidogr/govil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusaxexipujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndka20ogvr9vftsn6a8a01fr2g/tomesamusimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/12704336591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koovappadyscb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubisesemumupusukozekisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/1913514960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o14n0sr1r0gggese6pu06negb5/juvatorafusegafemuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ebdqsgvnd44p6tt56nchs287m/43726945730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6d75595e93---11740084057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967d38ab9c1---76857251334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79a0e1e769---80478715866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/62473411502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA2 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 1347d3cf576baf7987b7f30e35553527a4e6cb1278a66079fc52e8bc992e485a
font_01_sfnt_off00011df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF8 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 873cca4a1b0d234994b898c1cd4080e4147eac14dc876b4051d11ee61d5b958c
font_02_sfnt_off000137d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1