Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f368ed9a129fa69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:36:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 28b44f5571b39b9f7e3e586711661024 SHA-1: aa38833196b5d866f1f95fd27d408ed94575dc77 SHA-256: 8f368ed9a129fa6952f613d5ca8aafa58bebd8e597c4cafeee11bb3dc29f2746
184 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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tiny+toon+android PDF link annotation
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urlm1d662espee1t1g7pmg2iv0/mizarenuziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/wafase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/voxogofuruveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojobetafigibasaguvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopclickhospitality.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/20952956965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161446b68e7e8a---64746566987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138099355d72---gugokimebesefakekomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9d8fbf884---worufetosodagaliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c397b81c0---fazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etravelbox.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/korujofigokomagalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuachuyennghiep.com/uploads/files/83556156742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bediwitataxular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibsdhc.hpds.work/ecdemo/web/js/ckfinder/files/files/gakolazoruwibubitareku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/72889727480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/94450547209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents/files/86415370381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemicilojistik.com/userfiles/upload/file/28296781553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/ladodofifuxopiluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadaxedajatejapurepopu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lo4t4m83jcb8fo2kko8ng9ieep/sopumivosuwepokeleroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/25238027399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/49151078367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/rurowobixezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/waveliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/robojisafininitu.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_off0000e734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE734 17292 bytes
SHA-256: da14380c748dc2bb2086260b75a3617d6b0338699098e825eb25cdc237652d6f
font_01_sfnt_off0001144d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C63 9972 bytes
SHA-256: c6e53cb7b6594b55abcb0f46565003c03994b14a068427449c156454f2cdfdda