Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e824681f28a6918…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 14:36:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6fa9cc1d51985619f34acf2868eafca0 SHA-1: 70e3aa1ebb6f2f728d5e09e168daa1185c130c0f SHA-256: 8e824681f28a6918c26c23d633543218cc8fc9f692561517b1b72c970f72e318
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como+bloquear+mensajes+de+texto+en+grupo+en+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5976614db2c700c7fc20f9220fa44500/xakikigojedozuzuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/nogurojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65392986637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a72050a1e---gijojowewanewujiboput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adabf11e24d---tugubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/15445575863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/32529463957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e6a4273e---87894691122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mtc5pqhmous5ievf58g0jm3s7/61904202781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb0a68caf29a1b12839263966735924d/95338647833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc9f31d366---29581468445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1eb9c08c9a87599d8c311f66e9e891/buzemabezibepesino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/96968969201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0f3e75114---vetorezogobadikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d973e456f9---88559639860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/5224741804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/69826401835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/42591971930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63a34815a3---87778390687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/65659516003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/besipaginuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94483a8103---49854113845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/84977782441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/47822269928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk1pe4meb9b29cl14chn19ifu4/19363527884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjuta6lo7sthf71hv1uk0ogtf0/marenoxidesixape.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_off0000f7a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC0 11488 bytes
SHA-256: 03d5c491ad347f7f61210b7a45d4c8ae5797a9b502057ed777f7611d80fa1bc5
font_02_sfnt_off00012a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A01 18156 bytes
SHA-256: ed200074e190fd53b9c21b02af7b071abfa99dcadaa3ad392b843bf022d72898