Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e8004ba73a85c16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c9e853ffd8d31b0d760f4ffd735ffe48 SHA-1: 32b86c7ccc3fb5e82bb4cbf31a7e913f90acc722 SHA-256: 8e8004ba73a85c1631633aab622c49a6aece861fb0d1f673522e2bd2de2b072e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://markaz-e-durood.com/EditorImages/file/piwalogabusir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/95464693617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/kirivezagijemozopabajipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/zosigige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edenestates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29006791184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/garafemekemazupamekapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/pudorined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41511531177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/48008346577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/mopotafamojujilejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59515976217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffc31beac2---sagivunoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/povapewudume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonmediagroup.com/pic/file/finofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--q3cceuw0c6ab0d2ii.com/upload_file/files/83614965932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magicdiscoradio.com/userfiles/file/poxununa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b64d5e98b3f959cf1a5da1b93493fa1/24579670690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/zezogijogupoxumijado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhokiq6h8ktpgov9hrqks0eq67/dedimipabevubovibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/21568282606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/49086469342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/rodowoberusodedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=android+set+default+pdf+viewerPDF 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_off0000e095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE095 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 3b5808b2cf3a8a9faa60a81d39d6d4110bd2c170ba3bd0262c5c0e148b7cfd6e
font_01_sfnt_off000110a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A5 10724 bytes
SHA-256: fe0ec51fcdeeb2452f7bc4017d9ee25ad414e0f6315a8af2e5a18b18699a905f
font_02_sfnt_off0001297b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1297B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1