Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f7792fa3ac12b57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 07:48:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c4fa8f0fb3076929441713fd3bdeb1b3 SHA-1: 88a7eb4594ec910d062cc1c772dafc1b53394951 SHA-256: 8f7792fa3ac12b57a50c9786df42bf967b4a1801a5fa0c0acc675fa63ba37fa8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://lyonsinn.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vonunuwibovejolasoxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/lawopasugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/vonokamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejufanozamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/pevejusebijigoxurugige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57074442668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/riduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/40945832356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/tejadabikekotexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614090d158498---57213852622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/siloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/katigepozetofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4981392855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/36609175568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/wifakugebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/90050605347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614110035e798---15800101481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/xulinizesegiraror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/15484945552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54797269771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21575723551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631333e46434848b091adb795b14c91c/25907698184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadf52884793633b659863d72be02036/36988981228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/vimakojaxexifuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/xusikawavegeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f784bf1439---76126658150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrarental.org/upload/file/fazosasalirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210912074347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+backup+app+for+android+to+pcPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e55e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55E 10952 bytes
SHA-256: b381438e8a25f3c7ddc48f18f9f124d7efb9cc1de18ac684dcc5ff9f40465685
font_01_sfnt_off0000febd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CF 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 9ee876a89bdf0e20ee3eb27bacdbcc631c516cc2bd992c88fba64e2c98ca9400