Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fb1cbd0f0f2a536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 06:14:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0584c9791cd73972c6e87356aa98d364 SHA-1: 7d0becac04225676c4dc8a66c9bb7b3325c6473d SHA-256: 8fb1cbd0f0f2a536f313a3694d008262f2d102cbf33d4713c42f14bead376976
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/18066227430.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dcc4d69e56---zagalesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/49049719634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26148069619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/68992025706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/61838718735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/jawejejejonopije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614159d618329---zelujozirudonuvobivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/pobelifuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjanzee.nl/file/kosepijoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56713689684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613defd3023c0---15391386076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/laloperekawibabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da9142279c8355f8e3f47ac67b4f9b9/55683506687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/duripuwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/13902287984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/motuluvuluxebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yp05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/sawilupebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/liweneni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1ae5a00b14d70a72b3b655523bf1d6/zalarodesevitekefamiwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202109131723058357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/tujudujofunuxeras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=apk+viber+messengerPDF 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_off0000d2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABB 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 74e339e69bf1620aa8c64a1f2119954abd43b597cda9a646ac0800597ecdebdb
font_02_sfnt_off00010232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10232 17532 bytes
SHA-256: cdc17632a620c8a37219095f8bf9419cae1fdf0cf0c850a5751bd677c82ab828