Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8331f0e88fa9f9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6d83d2e227240d053d6e83e441e8a7fb SHA-1: d9a0aaf57a4d261a0328b8dea20d78fa1abf5e5b SHA-256: a8331f0e88fa9f9e07ecbfa2f9339756cfbfbb117a75ec01d781b70a35491761
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9n9p83ajohrm0eodskcgvq1gq/tujebebupakepuzeza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/311a119ea05f07a03991f86f8d685c5e/66844989634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092772d1698d---29759872915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728471b9b9d---9427941164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/35992637571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/825179ab9bca8acf52d7bfa9c235aea6/3304365418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1ee686cd2---66065586399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/605011593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d581777c546---kinisagojirirorarodebadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608064d320d58---xumulezada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afd1384282---69313163873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/66164552067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcc4b64e36---28315593637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/38256533927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b648ae8c0f3---82655686491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc14b76043---xikonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/poweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b31b4e5b4---57937579583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0set14sjqcjur1drfdhdsjade5/toxowajurafakewetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ddf80d9477f78e8ce7a75a8f137397f/6457624381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/62134323344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ac422003411---mewofavimazepobetinibopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusagijivenenilimewadawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quadocdao.vn/uploads/files/nitulejawabenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pain+during+intercoursePDF 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_off0001003b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003B 16684 bytes
SHA-256: ac9cae3c1e9f1aa968241caed7d9b3b3adfc708f8e3ce4fbc07e438ed7635036
font_01_sfnt_off00012bbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000143d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143D6 10600 bytes
SHA-256: f4079e395dd7fe9adb682e9f62bb608ed96d42cbb90be8ca7eace3bf4fa8adca