Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fa8d795b1ec9b5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:56:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 32298e4630d127962025e64c1ed09d80 SHA-1: 6c7b9b383c58e3c320421fa8855e4a49ffd15dda SHA-256: 8fa8d795b1ec9b5b68bbd95d517a69edda638c699abfd5b729981e07c027e85e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier flagged it with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a likely intent to execute malicious code upon opening the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/nosep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/puroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/gibemakavagosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/16044200372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/29983786344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/rekixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slavutich-media.ru/userfiles/file/taroxoroxomizelijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68329212773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/bekebimozatarepimasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/78785029710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/48489097527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/91329640472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d5cacf8b8f05e0d4dee4079711047a/roxowoxowulatidodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/28641400345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11288455852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/15058001983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.puskinas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8290808537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e626f0934---24566434052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/jeramodidibugeloronum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d1827c063---59223950974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/98259845102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/89111909560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=top+5+file+transfer+app+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/9972410965.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_off0000d986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19D 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 412bfda9e6588ecc5d284546f4de8aec740f5a66eab97e634d75a8f0fc3d1311
font_02_sfnt_off000109e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E9 16824 bytes
SHA-256: ec2e5b7230277d3738c44446129338051568190bcdd604c6713541e49aa0b464