Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f3d4d9d540d4f02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 19:58:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9093b9ae224621754db48a6eb32d0750 SHA-1: 8d1824b34538c532e3cdc5a5a1b5bc912bd74c63 SHA-256: 8f3d4d9d540d4f0239910e27b1cd5d1c8ee71db03688bb95beb747d55f833870
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage 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 these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+croods+a+new+age+online+free PDF link annotation
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613370a861001---50355765395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/tunelesagofixajuveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/73583340688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vbond.hk/editor_upload/file/19820583046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladekoservis.ru/files/keniviboxisudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/95701809089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/482d808a7df011bf1b472c41e49b3ff6/83966185368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/55375531450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativekids.abcedukacji.pl/web/uploads/files/pejavejovewinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rakbah.healthybitespk.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/74639491037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ab333cfd8---51139824351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleversystems.ru/userfiles/file/mamitetofawodegogeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwaretesting.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210925084704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18954c834adc6f2f8fc400180ccef0e/tomepivumogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads/files/202109232205453220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsfinal.com/userfiles/file/xumiritadotemivijuwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/kozigupebuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78160789248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdsliquorlocker.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/raxuweluxixujudimuwebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/goxeriwinevifubudinefazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/fupibobiraferupejuxerute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64985616726.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_off0000b31f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB31F 14888 bytes
SHA-256: ad1d59422c47324e2d8b9e5d41e4ee671d5dfa576fbd7b07ed66d4d0f37aacd7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C6 10836 bytes
SHA-256: e6889df9d73d9b2b07a520a1b70a81a593db7e09df35d9a73a32c4ba7c5a640c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF193 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1