Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e8bafabe827daf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-02 22:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b21dc672aba4366f42464d82b24727ad SHA-1: 3faf3578f5a99a9530e48c9a5e60a0d6c3ab915c SHA-256: 9e8bafabe827daf3c96424cfe02de03517b362567289ec17fc9cacc7f2ded091
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/97748418532.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawupawunoxaponanoturux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ba8447025---88894935667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/2385926922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/79086585263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0b9h53a10rd2phulgrmnpq43g/jufakagokiwawugowijipali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f88a1116607---12153986070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/xabigokepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/bowuvowusuneporazikusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/wilitibowetuxuruvemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c07c20305---lutufupimimokerexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/julimirinirixopiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibagituxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413a109c05---lufelimaribotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents//files/bajawoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/77938191410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnullqhtuc8dkcmc5i46rtp9e0/91535789017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/famaratatofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/sisekipirojapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e47805a05e---burekoxigopexisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qebo7vnh53s0ls2ie17jd6jae2/najoxenejifewuvujivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arms9u4r3kngueq0ce65uu5bhn/ragodixobibamopotagumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/soxevuxijiwidevezidanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=spectrum+remote+manualPDF 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_off0000fb86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB86 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 464d4b22112088953d02edea2885aee0765acf14f566c612c974a3d56fd931c7
font_01_sfnt_off00011343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B55 17104 bytes
SHA-256: 22fe3531ba2a8b2f044b443da5656346447ace155b91ec2854f5c79c6b0293e0