Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fce8e6ac0b36fa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:19:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e7cb6b77374ef73e0da14de5119cce01 SHA-1: b5c86dd828408f942b66d499385ce48af5109830 SHA-256: 8fce8e6ac0b36fa498317849f158d7fa34d014d763c8e41701ab3775378f7273
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It employs a common phishing lure by presenting an image-based document, likely a screenshot, to entice users into clicking embedded links. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://mynotary.ca/sites/all/sites/mynotary.ca/files/merilujupugowutasewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91906995480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/xifibakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/pipobalavawowunipudimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210918193204_1163400954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozevudutedagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevopixududijepepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87324607662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/sorogisijiresidemiratulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/zitofezipobidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/modikuzemeluvidowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya889.com/upfile/files/20210903203236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/47602485116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/83804666545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367dd45d019---96605237605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/kezofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5e59924f6---wunazodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/63882762684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39793287463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyirfa.hu/uploads/files/49503663225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/zekepuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335c860e4cb---defekorajiladidopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=android+os+for+pc+iso+free+download+64+bitPDF 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_off0000b0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0EF 14204 bytes
SHA-256: 279d5f1f96f64ad28980323131018a509e83fa58c41383085ffc52edd34dbb41
font_01_sfnt_off0000d41c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41C 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 79e09f8cd59f2de69a968fcaf38f01e298803197442b5cf89c9a351714298253
font_02_sfnt_off0000edef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1