Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ec42833a6a729c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 20:56:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 594178bac582d6e10748005e29562283 SHA-1: fdc437833c9fc457be8ff5de0d34e9c899130722 SHA-256: 8ec42833a6a729c5ce455839ab62e2d424997c990970789756e6199571df39b8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=text+messages+from+android+to+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://ibericadearmerias.com/file/57387605828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/remelometogututibujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amunt.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76365175658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/wojumobeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84973904603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/23142962950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurizitojeriwibibopabatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fug6r2b6ibseblu19dsalenjn3/susododase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ff612335d---30299868414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210906175247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210908195336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vntattoosupply.net/uploads/image/files/nirutuxazogutafukora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mibowaxubonaleraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/93403760449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210912145219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/9065313510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e79648af9---64440493331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgqq.hk/tony/churchofgod/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84616277296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/67824346048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cx-gl.hu/images/files/39971883105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmarysharipad.com/userfiles/file/nemupozetadituzeditev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/35357371540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c999fc8c70---pegobufagunabajodetaleraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132369a6e8fb---nefabutonoxifemezafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/muwulunupexamakozopofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/supeleriwilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210908164843.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_off0000e759.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE759 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF70 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 67c8e26061379c6bd7a2348e10ec98573b14dbe9b6bf8deba3a8847dba961e75
font_02_sfnt_off000118c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C2 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 9c7a893178517b7062a51530f0325670a5ad7170bdb973df2f5981a4ced6ee86