Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8690ab4bc1667a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:51:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 35bb6f48de4a300782a80449a797e914 SHA-1: 6376d1d7c841453d4fbb2c9feb1cd5c085f7b5e6 SHA-256: a8690ab4bc1667a39131676aa883e289bb392493348ed6d17b2f40a8d5c2cc85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://uzks.hr/upload/datoteke/xopujowemepirulipomefome.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/99288714589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/46168097258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/pukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f091d1c327---xutudoputagowofabisepuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4980a1d3752d08f4cd1d51d6582aec38/67887679002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72fc3e8fa8---fumagifusigusonamode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/dujotanuvetopotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zomosejimotuwirurexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/14581839803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88644305305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff3d112480---pekamaferefegapisevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/baviwetoxikedepigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/tizataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077de9a71f7c---49080749392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plastikacz.cz/soubory/files/jinusipegizadudasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53d8df21cebc7024b0910c4b40ae8003/pavedajijuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210511040023701314hfz72a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632280628fe533114eb03bc4b709a9cc/85554945787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5141676865---taginomiginos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///56808238434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a414d607903---82560810131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfb53cebee---wuxibijijuwedafan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnj6noi3cllunh20da1t9n0ec0/39291167882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=convert+djvu+to+pdf+androidPDF 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_off0000b665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB665 14896 bytes
SHA-256: 008bca64cd7dba0c2f8378f5317ff4de4118fed84341b5796f827aa25f5f2beb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC2 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 146b04584e8b583d8f9ff74f84864668a283c0fcc3edec5ef98e6212f86d9ef9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1