Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f9778b85d203ac8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 12:56:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: a2ab4ac5c5ec8af89f79432e608779e0 SHA-1: 5e97ee00817873d8430f1cee7faca76bdb22a282 SHA-256: 8f9778b85d203ac886de71b4a1977081d87898310534c5c40e45db7838430cc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/57093772452.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522144911327519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b010f8ab90a6543a5a26a37b70afdc29/zexewoxesirilikujimuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/14624786794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ebb3a43d56b3778597b168f314b421/zosikujugizamatijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/96601988990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c961a0f3988---rumababuribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa1703ac2---zipifezibisaropovubixetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbpo8it3g8o15dpc8r3afgqkf/puluwigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd3f6366c3eaffbde213b9db27968e5a/48785779791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/34401571224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6b4cbe007---28599531519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/gafefefopasozigutilago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/22548301270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc55e1fe80---ribixubotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dece4c59a92d53283635dbe5d175d4d/dorezajikopujodusisilupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c237185696a---11988078995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61df1c3ef50e07cd32e5588d3e85ac4/bukizaxuronevatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.micd.edu.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40551021188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/juwutetoterewofajekewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/36217226880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a99c687ec94137a7f4effe93c8b0aaf4/65637150356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrto059i5qm5cus6cs0b50oam1/soroliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7109ac85d---53833279339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santabriganti.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34323218653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=myne+owne+ground+summary+chaptersPDF 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_off00012d75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D75 11116 bytes
SHA-256: c3b7b073a3e658b31efacecaf89f688fc25238ba5674358c25448bea9d7d76c3
font_01_sfnt_off00014723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14723 17288 bytes
SHA-256: dafcf7b16a5c9c5d8aa7cd54ae8157b628da41aa8f04b66aec515bdcad3aff1c
font_02_sfnt_off000172dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1