Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8de6d27c9ff378a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5cfde00c8b5902d742e3e573669b9982 SHA-1: 66cdb2f3d6e22b858f4c9e36f5d6d7be86f8a688 SHA-256: 8de6d27c9ff378a1ec5971f23a539c2fb95cead98dce18021edca894d93c1c10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/16634368573.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006f46c1234cf997c82508a75c44f370/vabijidiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/76165576394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/18420140537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/xugapefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34333712567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613682c29c106---35436717182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80215705074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/97866009590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/bubalifefadelopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/27080286920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhrijtf9crbod1vd4kkufluqod/32389339948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/87526005243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/josarusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleseriuassociates.ro/files/file/17878675067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/lakakipelezasazetifaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/rikowazigomigavujawuvoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/pozexebewonibagudowuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/ledobuxiriwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/22477212036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348de9b2108---jidoraxutedepubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/dokikenezikomafapuseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26426296080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/42045555737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210911000434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=obraz+doriana+graya+pdfPDF 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_off000120e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E4 20160 bytes
SHA-256: 8042a21d73e1e6be095101245b5cb3a9a38082f5014706271592d65bb6d22cbc
font_01_sfnt_off0001552a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1552A 10568 bytes
SHA-256: ead0bfe85bcce786f7f746d7762de8b26b535344f7622ce53564371acd8ff049
font_02_sfnt_off00016cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1