Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8304317ac4a48b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:51:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0faa8c540b681172ab4def7f25728313 SHA-1: bce2b178b3e75d423baf5c6015c48c0a0364322e SHA-256: a8304317ac4a48b848418c69ca06bb88e2cd5959b75253eea2df098f6f62c2a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, likely leading to further compromise or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9857

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 http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae592fbe9bb---togekisapibivobitivog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rpbimr3m5d47arusf22d3k8ib/48312932476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/74702348454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/wizegegamadila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe5145c0cd---91657561498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/gofixevodiwamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7970de8e53213587e0af9df85e0365e1/ponitojutagisinepukewopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609874dd17eef---31166179354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2026363de---9241523569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/sibabamamawugolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b46281c0cca206e05539be91268a5a58/norukevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210602174654909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btc-ltd.com/upload/file/88565494619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/98194781460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinocosmik.ru/sadm_files/46940773817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b65347dd0---320175600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caaeaa4b6e2b8abaf263faef5aa0adb5/9631040405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35976c3d7eeddf2deb35c3c55621d7ef/70206323887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7idq9oikksj3pkq01nsi70b06c/98435838574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijlqu98b88alk7kndrlfock0p8/katugotilutazagibumasadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/39729890914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab95218148b---84629262667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbf5868e74---zewumatasizobakajagudoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/vuwijopezamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e074b0328ada2165718d777f9c800c0b/45965274510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=corpse+party+musume+read+onlinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14544 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 400fad5b95c080b9f3d823f64811574c7c5ca5e60d79c6fff7d79fae043f43eb
font_01_sfnt_off00015e26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17634 31456 bytes
SHA-256: 1916d069a62d80e71ac2a93e90c7e4744edf101d637fed380fba25ab9e1cf46f
font_03_sfnt_off0001d053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D053 19140 bytes
SHA-256: 749915e01ef12b9d532ebd3c36fe6d72dee5d7bc2986b4161ba4c812ec276985