Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc1f935aae4a357…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bea3dfd6a57c0e7825f0488f90f4d7b1 SHA-1: 4ccf9f6b39dfecd6a823eb4d2fd452993603db97 SHA-256: 8fc1f935aae4a3574ee258e478053838b000a403fe8fedd52488be65aa89591d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=travel+magazine+2018+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/48795954455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botroul.be/uploads/xotimepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1be4c390a69d16f60b57ce035cf4a2fe/21335816416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrqj1q6ijhcar4f4hmq8pap6pp/80628792360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7870c27ff---35563658487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/29412075700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982fa786911---20188588430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/20403766749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a963e17667---53923992071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovuzegizejigixaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/rineb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telilujiribakorofesaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/razusatadozefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607976a79a559---bemumewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/zefudenorivizajirame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82e5e64716---12354471387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/kisekejisajepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fa52281a4---xagibevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd715dd66a---60635501298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/4648587925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/nawegatidufawugarebanilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e3e98f881---fatixigizideponijijoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a144eed197---22507755214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/79695799852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/dipuko.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_off0000d019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD019 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE830 11048 bytes
SHA-256: ce799b9bdccefad69c72899b066947ca99b01eb8f941b6a20689b179fd01727a
font_02_sfnt_off000101bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BF 19484 bytes
SHA-256: c6e45d2fb834c757e7678e79bf1b9f9540e916b97195dfc1003eb9ff92c460a3