Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dc2c5f80243ee22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:56:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cbcec847321f32c8290c6834a4ba7482 SHA-1: b8b16e5c5a4a62e351fcd1c49d82d4e8a436d796 SHA-256: 8dc2c5f80243ee2233bea31ef98d98e40020e3fc7e2e122e6b97e3cc876641dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements strongly suggest the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arthur+de+gobineau+essai+sur+l%27in%C3%A9galit%C3%A9+des+races+humaines+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/25519300917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4199d9185ff7dd4b2b0ddc28f6423d0/31788703667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1e52731c1---90651362844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntweac.edu.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84320251177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/wiparituporirizasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavazopufofexawuxaseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11680045075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/pepiseralemepejatawubasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/985f5d88d2d028224341450e1646444b/64413463123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25702050445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/51734064419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b51126868e---71907797285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/22981413324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/sikezekapedunakutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/83827120241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifasawonojaxoruvosujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/wozitevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/zotowepalobiradino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/73998576978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/rezivogawasozuvefepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97340556075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c39b6bf36d954c565224e056cd05f26c/fubejelitakoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5cfcdd8d5---45300987945.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_off00010e0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0C 11476 bytes
SHA-256: ea316045b9db607e27e73c1c18947d289b663df60eafd35192be800586da8a60
font_01_sfnt_off00012852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14064 18960 bytes
SHA-256: b7f19860b7d1d686ad7ea9f52157d3e5e04f6ac163b2f4a7ea17be80bda564af