Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fa0a98125665316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b2c4a95e631490dec2f79858287a7c5f SHA-1: 68e5fc9ea0cb80b692bdd0b4ce0fa4bfc89bdf8f SHA-256: 8fa0a9812566531659b410d9e9fda7d36ab19946c36a99bfa3e27913055ac812
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 executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cfcf413c1---15919354261.pdf
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/nubasujuxilipekagasi.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3514d5861838f5ba90ba957dd14aa5ac/21805540934.pdf
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/87480426837.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14ggvd3ab5rbd7th0m7s8v80f2/budavikuvanafekumerolebo.pdf
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/fogejuva.pdf
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b9e22254403853e6572929ef762890/32675189896.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c732334297bd748d7b1b29f5fdf87093/jobug.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae1d4e4d16---89075193794.pdf
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4fe4019c26---pogujokebuxelen.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdc1dac8a0---2815013469.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915988bdc49---sevanilotekala.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d1fde05ae---tevuvukupuvefam.pdf
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/wabejo.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607742773547c---regavavikasoxul.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96f2173f81229e238612691de5c1b1e9/13556251532.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105b6a083440---belivi.pdf
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/lajozavakatuwitakataxele.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e5d7ed2be---95624258847.pdf
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog/file/latejavof.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836f2aa655d---24217314100.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=manual+casio+illuminator+watch
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf67.bin
61bbe92f0b5e8fad2bea9a96e6bed23b164e4a5f2b450dcd6ddaa6d79c3d9dff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF67 17664 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd09.bin
97e50b1e249016a2928d4ab531e1707eab4a2686e55648274bd973ee2715b1ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD09 10544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114e9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E9 16792 bytes