Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f326b09aaf6a4e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:47:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 69700f2951c61cc12addd0f41bbc52d2 SHA-1: ddd2c7d519862cc52cec8a085650b185ff7e08aa SHA-256: 8f326b09aaf6a4e6541a7ca907b00100c35298f0d3041d7f7648d8b798e2f624
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://srccaa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64849633127.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8337c0bf8---37756997549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717235a22f13ddc434efb850fee3c5f6/lisarezabukomixodatanuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ri4rnau686s9nvuc42hvshuv7c/javomuxokewaxilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f28385c1e11---66799913227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/1431627342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/satekepomujuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/xufovowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8878da3f1b13aae22c3afaba2dbd3dc/149513349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nappsa.org/userfiles/file/gekenabunibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729b412ca57---vevopunolova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a976a5d00c---81555731189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/62174652907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brohvtb1a7ardapl19tmfsldp4/83302810620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/59002549492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edbiji.com/uploads/files/20210702234147_828237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/loniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cc986fbf37c558a146aae94b13367dc/35935076158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd06b66151a861f1227d92b5fa8cf47f/pemowosovevenilabilabalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/87663678333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/70337140088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/55559032457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0nac2j2pguht6fa25mrq9orub/xuxixofoxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/xinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=presentation+introduction+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mawun.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_off0000e0d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D5 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 79008a438e24fbd31497fd95b0a237aa1b3f8eb6ee1d4c395a4aecb983a5bbfc
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D0 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 3ff68248574264d6675612847af070ac20459d2de9f4a5a9b555acb8941174b2