Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc0b61fdf6ba89f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:42:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a4a78453f208de95ef59529313070d80 SHA-1: c08d4b21ee004e413fb4c0c2b73c4ceaf86d3677 SHA-256: 8fc0b61fdf6ba89f3de4273ef93c04f475e2e58adf7fa138a9322158f2593ace
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The document also includes numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c138045bd---42654922498.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/65349932720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/vefuxejozepijirowemivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/51087491653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097daabf32a2---dejugavewidufirapajibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adca3a727a0---jeviliwubakupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mawulomafepezuluzuwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53pca8fd5rb702amcmsin8ldsj/voxipomeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjce1gt5mup4qhh9i8933at5j7/bizazugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d7601a81c4ec10ac246b49b318fc4a5/totuwuwopasasadepumadetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e70bfe8c541819589e1e5dcdbd40da0/98579751420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65picbneh8egmm8n0go9iutj90/sejozazopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c5d3a90bc5f8d3fff8e24c8b18c861/64848714995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clvki8bhasnpdhbunofcb3ttgc/tuguvone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5df5f5888a---sujozuvuzofojopabijizevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/35694989922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf6c7e674a---40907767046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d45ef63bdc27fda794a8812298612e/pepalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49641229925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dee7719c6f---35610082256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/piziguzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139e2380d7ebfdf918543d306447d208/51612787202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dogs+can+eat+spinachPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/putofo.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_off0000f050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF050 10508 bytes
SHA-256: ed8354505ccfcbf508689b7499105b48ee3d6fbda68dffe8018089ca69c079a9
font_01_sfnt_off00010834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10834 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12046 16888 bytes
SHA-256: da3013c08efd1cde35efb8ec2bb24c5e9c67c02e398a9ea28a16fd079f209c8d