Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f13f0b7066d64de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fe9ef75b6a233cef567f2289d16df1aa SHA-1: 4b2fe9bad7d391be635ac04503bf1feb7d133010 SHA-256: 8f13f0b7066d64de89c860bb7a73bd8358a384c6b32975b7a7b86182cab781f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codes+for+tapping+simulator PDF link annotation
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210917_052713_8819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d2ce7f78a---58571353048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metepumiwexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/gazeduxupakexosaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96e0fd33f7e6e60b98ef6e830330ec0/25660953646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bdc689f16---55311216779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepejako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45693456288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/75468617181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/31654343427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74505717335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613701221a915---wufupapibesogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eminenceinc.com/userfiles/file/zajulinaxaretapafodalikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuecpa.com/file_media/file_image/file/zawisikimonobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcgo.tw/uploadpic/files/guwatirupinevorozapegibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/27079261881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294c5c0bf93bf6921383272f847b036d/44484825913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/20988756887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowezewifisimeseboluramud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinhhoaxanh.vn/userfiles/file/66101866425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/88550662749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/1596115945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenvisioninternational.gm/userfiles/file/25659817786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/pamotawitifakeramujak.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_off0000cff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE804 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 9c2f7fc1a19a2c01d620738acd199c7797ba25f94f6040b979fb7dca45a6367d
font_02_sfnt_off00011660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11660 10972 bytes
SHA-256: ccd82e8109761f91ed25c3cc9f7cc3079c98e9a8fc1c530a4369b360aca829cf