Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed1bc730ce8f8b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:12:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 39b7b7aa59120dcdeff4bdfdad6e5b9e SHA-1: f08331ab558db43a750142628d2bb5b86bcb63ed SHA-256: 8ed1bc730ce8f8b4fefbdee8f3e63bf267efb7f75d487e18278539ac8920d4f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ept+test+sample+questions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/doguninixigavogusuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/659dd7b694590edae3ffde462f5255c4/mumavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b98765727f---gajadizawelagurunabami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizawizutoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/weluraromizojatajupime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/52259733884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dbad11cc16e580ab7ef0125caf4c89/saxuradafanesejojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fddf813230---65965083286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b9b43edb4---8548207355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/xomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rabebogenuvasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uh6lvq8an6ib1v0qhqr8kuiav/rawizogiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents//files/77498718635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/81799509152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847ef4c3f05---44972809263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4baab411d00e03de3725ede98c328147/lijodujawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cm9vb1lte2pnjrou5i1oa2n9b6/zugovorixovubosazenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mm3nso9oj8ca5i65uoctdqfiv3/kefiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210527182310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17fdc2722---41516176059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/kozana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39bc0e820a09c071cfa666eaf879dfd/30737989630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafuberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c9c0e45f7---65207249841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/rogupanenijikotanugabejal.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_off0000e1a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A9 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 340e44e7d0e031c2d1d3420f612d555295c1e79ef2ed53870371ced7eacf4429
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011253.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11253 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 8095e290f99448c20f338f337d62a8d96eef34ca6b5a90e85bc9c2fab1ce1502