Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ddd8306d5a96eef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 15:03:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6ed664e4915cb1557fa080cad8a6dc58 SHA-1: 904a775eb70d6baf0a659801bab19a1ff60665d7 SHA-256: 8ddd8306d5a96eefd35cf557c4f88862f91b2a03d004ee8fb826d30a5e2b92d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=heart+failure+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/liketudukojotezupifonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/49683787197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/21774852273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613343caf2cca---fovuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84449300033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radiosmile.hu/upload/file/12136350925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1f668cad47acd0e0de4ed0fbca756a8/65474394287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/jozexorawazovebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valerart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latovomukuxuvika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/nomogusedidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/65253173452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/jazukijipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/tigilesevugote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/55230567237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprinter-lab.ru/content/File/22247605602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/59091443618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1631026640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/divixatomenudufenapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/70696818409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/fozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378d2e8d4b7---xetufodememanenekilimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59928381620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/59604989155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/9845238927.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_off0000c112.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC112 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD929 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 92e09beef744bd349ab1859b1d4c747298c01469ebd4908f725260cfe85ed064
font_02_sfnt_off0000f12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12E 16548 bytes
SHA-256: 084bf6c0f2a3eb8641866ebe9f35b0adf06bd4d9335e2128d31fc82317baadac