Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef8d0e76900f3c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 69ba54502b630079de378f07f79a625d SHA-1: 231c2a1f5a4a20bda167ecb9adc72d216be360f4 SHA-256: 8ef8d0e76900f3c45866d862d48a4d601bcfb64198d5e5ac222aa8f541ed0c2f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1566 Phishing

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The heuristic 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' confirms a credential phishing attempt targeting Netflix. The embedded URLs, particularly those hosted on compromised WordPress sites, are likely part of the phishing infrastructure. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and heuristics point to a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+mighty+quest+for+epic+loot+mod+apk.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418d140a8cd---golobumuredefoporawusowa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75329843252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/sovenunakaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/suvagilodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0dd0aaa5b4cda6f63a4bd0351fb1339/gadinekarebipinoxaputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/kirefakasumajegagusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/vekaninupojeximit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/70951729000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/bokizobinebovikip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/85121574405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettranslators.com/webroot/img/files/45850070780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91249179592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gcr.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/64549751012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/84126453084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemtechnika.lt/public/site/0files/rusojeborifasokoletimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://v-rshine.com/upload/images/files/4877472331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.amyhalter.com/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/52992578724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/vusezunesivovawuvegavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62320481848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/mamuvazulegaligugaradise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ddda00bca---55409333087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vignolaweb.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiliziwinogetasogifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/63176640705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/fajavojoduxekiromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132345dbf9b4---namanamapigupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+mighty+quest+for+epic+loot+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000bc99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC99 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc43ca132942e524821f8dfe10f59b5871488fddb7732002c35089f8cb1d515
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EB 17388 bytes
SHA-256: d6f20c12dc27a8cacb6bd922767224d42310653cbf63885c4a04b1c05f7d1684
font_02_sfnt_off0001031e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1