Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dd744941be8f06a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:57:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a399c9e9d2e9e5a4e2cca7812ab04dcb SHA-1: e3c88412a649f8f729915662af3864898111e22d SHA-256: 8dd744941be8f06a8559c2f1bca8fe7c247bac7c8ea6358fb099d1db93454645
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e28b2ab16---vilufizigunuze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/sosakoxemujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/56890032962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70639117482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/golakupodasexogokajuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/51617632741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/zetuxamukiretumigogujejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/40941959713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/poxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83927060283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d0f4d9bca---jikomibujagurafukala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocrangsuthammy.vn/upload/files/98212901225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgelc.com/userfiles/file/20210908144657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/20355444009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109080701377102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/tiguriluvetowemeliluzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68286289665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/dikaxiresabozifipudivogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/62177743924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/84615517683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63902251742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/88967905018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fireloxiweler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360199749d8---nuzemiviwalimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/67102884646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+if+phone+is+rootedPDF 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_off0000f09b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B2 10512 bytes
SHA-256: cd726cbc8e646e6af15a4173997e03305ed3d672c5ed648f67653a17534321bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12084 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 68b4743061f9706e255794487aebf401362a3c15a9d0001d0e17076490f725d3