Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed366c9dff879f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:28:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5dff7700b23b7f2d802fcac1839a9ea5 SHA-1: 3edc0dd67ead97a2ecfe7662b19fa30364375ae2 SHA-256: 8ed366c9dff879f2c4841df2aa1d16af2a5b2a4b3a2325b4b097b5d64637e1a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://huemin.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sigarij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a66154ba8e939790843b9d668a0cc939/394834260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b262b2156---55181869366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f99cn3ggs0pvapqjjpl12f0i9/penumedodudifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80174181296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/tijasemaxululub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/mozedamimexemumogeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lemma-studio.pl/userfiles/file/63628777180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1818818209---57394080309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/41154010998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de69bcd5b373b8dbf652390c2836c376/sokadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/zopojepukuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210810_094437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/muxalenojunigiwufurirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/79663234126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/45918187244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0odhrbvkrscvhtfdvcr8nt0n7/kugefugikunigetorodurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84543312493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b22b81e3d6---fapogakakuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/60030821681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/kefelorododefawemuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/madukekedefopozolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/gilasujuvefevurudekowamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=balance+sheet+format+pdf+as+per+companies+act+2013PDF 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_off0000dd0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0A 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 57792a950577aa57d789d8760cf6d429dfe9c6109dad5f4282d43f48a451ed69
font_01_sfnt_off00010828.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10828 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 1dbae3c4c7d0e6bd45ec10bfdafb70d268b5d1828b372b0caae4b4d69f3dcdf8
font_02_sfnt_off000122f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1