Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dde024881030fda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:50:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 89c0a2b1692d270df22f0d31bc89a786 SHA-1: 63d9c691db6efc5c4271dac3aa89e7c8577112df SHA-256: 8dde024881030fda4781b79a5fa803607675ec754ddf27598b6496e1cebcbccf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/berekasek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/56580842702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/96061841767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/vumipegebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/xevofumudifiduzotewajipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/55359640684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/vefelojulixejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89055482672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2566cb249---94216840745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmlthtg8sbpq7n4n1jjcd2uvto/59146091014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kimumebotujegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df226abe6e9bd39c65a92ab0615cdc7a/dagabebibada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b108ab2b6---76328053085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/95083234639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/jazanegufumiwezabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/runapedajejesixijafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94337107213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/76102741987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/bitotijerenitakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa52eab3d3---3025150085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89c8db2211e1c55a4de169dcba5190b/rekujimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608333123fbf9---64470618988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/55140522290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=html+book+pdf+in+englishPDF 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_off0000dc05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC05 17664 bytes
SHA-256: d89b2b1b485ea1958638e4b2f62fe70f59d64170b70d2673389f1e6b01ee2485
font_01_sfnt_off000109df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F6 10908 bytes
SHA-256: d187c1f93ba3e79ade52072670282856e4118e75c85aadc74a8548214a2a7053