Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8df914a2eddd0223…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4529fe7a7ef86db986473d3582f053b4 SHA-1: f118a43cd5687011ed4c8ae30ba1e8263164f551 SHA-256: 8df914a2eddd0223fa178d3201358d48a96e67c6dbebf1d889b09944623b3ddf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c3711e253---bimat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fccb52b49---gejuxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28936380950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35771656e985ccbfb07d5ad3a5d95bca/11573128583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egitara.com/upfiles/files/25208211658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c422f02a7ab5e8778e0ca8ee8082940d/seput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a860d45de74160ea98e803e04d1778e7/62183601578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2cv6k4qd6dl5of4epk4ic83o6/suxiruzejelurajuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bdfeb5bbd496e5257942f6216d45c2e/ritamomofexujobikivikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093caafe7c4c---45009314049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/61539408157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/redexivigaxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/nutifizopikewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyna-garage.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/keridagisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53uuh8nsv0sbi8cs3pdb221gq4/tepolugesafovuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/vijekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2137c4f981---zizedumomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4bc9048a07---49392192914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodmix-psc.com/userfiles/files/zitesujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081155d5c93a---mataxugubisifikotirewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee40de8ff4---6239857139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/60195825667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedatonosevopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076847e0feff---80789849711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/77152435092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=download+sita+warrior+of+mithila+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000cba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBA6 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 53e639073d5018a5bad351c67310453bd5afae7c330b841cbdbecfa7ab289e84
font_01_sfnt_off0000f695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF695 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 5819ff3686d220a1d6a9a5132a0ffe32c93568aa6b5072016c2c1feec02d3ecd
font_02_sfnt_off00010f7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1