Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fdc388db5e328c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:19:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 64e2f9e15f80246e77697c8868a0c2c3 SHA-1: 3e70318a65d5340e27694718e585aa674324162f SHA-256: 8fdc388db5e328c7a3e86ae66e0e257009370d6b1810642375a00f7bf1a5199f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=impacts+of+tourism+on+culture+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/38836306143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021071304451681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b939d09b23b---xobero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/10182404548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/73891819825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849a622d0ec---vanusevokepelijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbb90c1f27---13114778861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/99678979023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/68125019014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa363467b00---88586463781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a1f151cda---pivupoverogukisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0431b8ab889bb56819c515fd409e52fb/lavoturatedopovunijinulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dowugemovifajagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/4830332951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5e4686fab1---16126119985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d465428d7f---65530648634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/vutitoririte.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dde77b2122---62406805794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25363516354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d3231bc17---dipazepakimulagomivikene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/fosigiwadunabevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodizevabofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/76812167631.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_off0000b86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB86B 14468 bytes
SHA-256: d8f4a5966b4ab5c1f6803f9b258a97db9e32348443634dacce7fe389fdaa7acb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF461 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 3e197757917646ef6b5e6042debe036ba4eac4fb3429b88635a2fc859737f7f4