Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef01bc699dc4725…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:07:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 72eb6c33609685f6341d5a6e77f1b532 SHA-1: f43c4283c1039e5d68771d866c70c9f5d5534c7a SHA-256: 8ef01bc699dc4725467ee710a939ce4b116445387f06b46943d5007ae3700eb1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, likely designed to distribute further malicious content or lead users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b75a5dfc8---46287144998.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents/files/94946844610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82550768719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36650600015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/86248428099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/zepivezugapinakojogilusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogbchurch.com/clients/880797/File/66490502837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/92489877742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/bewivapazaramonekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d11646e724---bejozerexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/57735691646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf12f476e7---topifatajumivabegimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b62983be4031b3d748b197ff2360c00/xizevuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b7231271a0f---25174510104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadd65abdd9---ruvalebomelili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/35278338340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18127692446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxdigi.com/userfiles/file/34609891422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/joxubuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ermolino.mebel18.com/uploads/files/tirarogiketurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/diputisomiwuwixito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/lejudisegewokoneziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/pexiwedevukozoxekegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac77dd22fa1---7984131067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gre+reading+comprehension+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ff09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF09 11092 bytes
SHA-256: f4617ca07e15cd99011f030627c1b3db7a1b7c32218df9ee10e5fa6d7aa81690
font_01_sfnt_off00011881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11881 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 9de3ec59a0a1778c65a86f069afe9090b8900cc5fb887727524af8ebed06c9dc
font_02_sfnt_off0001489c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1