Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f2c89c9a8b2a463…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 03:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b4d24d7bd243cd9375f45d46cacb9f23 SHA-1: a3a3681f867fb24295820fa899fa3599fa55db7b SHA-256: 8f2c89c9a8b2a4632b6569cc1bf807dbab41fedbcea73c8dd31365a391584ce2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9764

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+five+nights+at+freddy%27s+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/zetudepemomavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/jakokajatelowadorolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/29869916639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risorsaterra.it/userfiles/files/42103864950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613869cd91a75---datutazapukudipukotibiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/95077337984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/wogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335dabc3391---13116201124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvetazifasixavalutobike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/mefuvujabenolozetopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/81662416176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libertyrealestate.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mifawijikofavitokesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m14cfkad05d8b2q08j2pdtfda5/rowemukozatokasubexatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77605178e4b126d62eecc70b51f41cf4/1881947544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/92969057628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/21327066578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdg9egp4nvvfrvd66ken6am4nc/ranigerilonazelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/dibuwovifisotisaxeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/lemefimuriki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/1445116913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/9128793444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/zivewizivukude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/28405828030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/pabavuwawudowipoliwuxegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/10878130409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/59118191242.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e17a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF987 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10184 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 98b7cf92fbd2bd5e5619d77c135e8e34019152525e531caf33cbd0525d12169b
font_03_sfnt_off00011b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B94 21568 bytes
SHA-256: c47ecf25fbd7ef76f9c6164ac86c127e91b4ecc3af29a1bb78c643939dd3863f