Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e3981d1b6dd254f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:15:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7b212ea353b5c81aca795c6f3258a106 SHA-1: c54c6c8f40efecf439d17816558cae67f3e87d8b SHA-256: 8e3981d1b6dd254f82e67038219a31e4a6b0bd30fef5fd001ae65abf238b9331
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 compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or to download additional malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nokia+stock+apps PDF link annotation
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/zowinoruzageresav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/80033607614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/73113993736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/46511183692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/sovoreruvexujejeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senajubegepoxusebelepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///14874376046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/dadukaxenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/88375593265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/zegopevigusadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e422a94b970833e307b390cc00ad78/farutitabazugulavexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/moloboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88874026456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaferisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloria-eurex.com/images/blog/file/74101272559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/jewujomonamagikafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57ae0de191f51697f57a910ab5d8f84/47971939138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9011279fb---49768831920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/42822551802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/2287568156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/82458562513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/49416194216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/1110070754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/jakituzuwesusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvetawadosunoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/8298785551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kugugivisufobexumevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istruttorecinofilo.it/userfiles/file/xopufutitobegu.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_off0000eee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE9 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 552c37de181cd6e23348ddf5ae2b639eabc4399aa59df565034c7ae0198b0781
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136EE 10052 bytes
SHA-256: b32cb270e3fdd54286b604c61013b0b1bf3166d58583bad63b5ee3caafd5ba7d