Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fc2739ce98b5ee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:33:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e8e145692091061fba16a8853459293a SHA-1: 95b101ef871f53849b8f37a535c62e1f8608bca6 SHA-256: 8fc2739ce98b5ee8c8a732cd1d55d3494512aedb686a01004f85101e608b7660
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unturned+gas+filter+id PDF link annotation
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f5080015d---pifajujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/3705785590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/51244182107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelpancharatna.com/assets/userfiles/files/romokipekagakomulixejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f526a5e6ab---zitepisabobudezige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/24942118130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/81380710866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuvopopezamevegilini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5thaveseniors.org/userfiles/file/70741073127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/sisuduvejomefipogewovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/petodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/92329517918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepalbestcargo.com/userfiles/file/53670649161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverspringabw.com/uploads/files/56782210856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142ea29c159e---44173282274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxujajosudifitimerasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/15943891635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/kavepenoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wronba.com/uploads/wysiwyg/file/5092145486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/5443804786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/10716309413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesitiwogosiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7679c8ccd---32575739305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/jovurizawiminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2557712569.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
    • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2482432912������������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_off0000d6b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC3 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 9a80d463ae0435d99fab0e694c9e4c0694c4f5f39568736bc0ad728bfd0b83c9
font_02_sfnt_off00011bbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBE 10516 bytes
SHA-256: b661b60f0a37bedee38349bddf46c51bd304fb1d3c8be006f6517d9ee7ba1e30