Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fd7480e040e9deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6871659bd79accbbf2a7b4469ebf45af SHA-1: 9eabcfee031191f8527db6a348740d0ffb72daba SHA-256: 8fd7480e040e9debbd891442928f721e97ee4aaa19428a0b6b5a1b46bdb715eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as evidenced by the numerous suspicious links found in the document, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+walking+dead+season+9 PDF link annotation
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/telebuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919789789a0cd7f654dd4d8eb3736347/49961936282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchisefarm.franchiseharbor.com/files/files/30461887280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/10480174649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/86755168369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/mesozipixugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145895258761---17668952211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/dagilawadofaburojufima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/govovomaletugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/29233215924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8494c8cf1---70445485884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132529cabbd0---18312787571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/sijukujebanapukudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikingpaint.com/user_file/file/21208731934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/gumupakale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/30379574638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/33482249671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/soxiwizulegag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/lisudasuvelegiwejowediz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/55729152083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/66557359612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/vugekajexugovuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://descanso.verareyes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzarajirur.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_off00016068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16068 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001787f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1787F 10888 bytes
SHA-256: c2fd3da108cb9031da3633fd594eebc1453f13c56b1fc7fad08f12384e8f60d1
font_02_sfnt_off0001918a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1918A 19440 bytes
SHA-256: e400d8ddacb2dde6849c3480aab512600ca8cb15084534eb39fe95a5e961987b