Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f8943d7173a4c83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3c49f6524bfcc8ba2eaed6d71a9d7e94 SHA-1: 1b865b8568afad248435448a1851554087f43d8c SHA-256: 8f8943d7173a4c83321145461b3c02ed445d8ab676f3a370219684e838052b22
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to trick users into downloading a payload or visiting a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://linker.tw/files/zagebetex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/zefisewawoxejamujijexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d1db6446a91a4b606fb0f6c6e0da98/nudebubakuwamutenobalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lekubefelogitariduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcc-cpas.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/88512262341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/er8d4k2d08lv7ipk8cdqjj7h50/kixevesezawuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g37nv4mp3h81pdfae6v1j5p477/17768006327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/jobovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65aea0a2c6b70616b121df2fa265ace5/zevotugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/delub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/vazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce9119f0eca---rukelotexola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/ponezeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9214586284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f25a47934ede23aafd66d1149978c3a/96951943163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairfresh.net/assets/admin/ckeditorimage/files/36968617127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608794e168451---45910515541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eviinstall.com/userfiles/files/52810890944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragigapujizabukeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d19f6crlf6rs9fj2bi1hk78uq/wixevade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f915bf2cc3---lunigasawaraxuvifitumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b61020dbbe4e9aeb3a4ec6c07bcf93/zipizebebategejodotafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b97d77bf8---fusemugevosujujude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.com/files/10959475329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+refrigerator+service+manual+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d6af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC1 17876 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac7121cf05c0ef1304df123a76d620e046c6215ee280533025b3b4ee794a028
font_02_sfnt_off00011c9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9F 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 4652e8f1d31435aaedb4c4792efb057ec0d404e13a043ed76523fb405a527fec