Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f225b663d7fb80a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:30:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 82b145a5c8aa00b11e4664b79e0170d3 SHA-1: 9f7fe1fb1df23c721c416c99c0ab2f0a115e3f17 SHA-256: 8f225b663d7fb80a4903baa659f83874a2079c855d422f27759c3417f1b81553
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+contact+photo+fullscreen PDF link annotation
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/81295906411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/sepazejexejibazakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonhieutrung.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobejefepusijefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corse.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27952321077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/65686956686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109180929327623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/letesurafufuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katalorufisitedupuvukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/18377011417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gchln2gkgt1qtqv3qngtbtvu1/litepiwadutavile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/sibovoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://origo.ws/userfiles/file/zariwoloxamuvafunawovumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/vuzikoneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imprezka.2kc.pl/Upload/file/463962729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15207754644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startbatteries.gr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didodimatevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ph-easycome.com/userfiles/file/mixilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2151ad8acd6f890f6686788693bcd4/boxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/35538850056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72925478551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp.net/contents/files/lugawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/buxeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv0jteaqofetp0em7jmlr9k4t6/72871307441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/66608447019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109200258345290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420b5044f85---tazolewuxex.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_off0000d3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD7 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 06fcd68cc0f0778a5374505407d0c6bbed0148f2ad2204003f5b0b78a9ed75da
font_02_sfnt_off000104a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A7 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 7ab84aef303d1529244ee018f1f1afdc6dc5c1aa5e882be9a468c6d5331fee1c