Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b2658b908d3bc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-22 01:06:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c694bb3f9396ceaa89bb350ff4f780bd SHA-1: f97256ddd9b5b094188cb7c93b85f1adc615ed7f SHA-256: a8b2658b908d3bc3f1c0be46a28b286faa804058dba78292c18aad9db616bf48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/25357230061.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3646682508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761a3d1b328---73942117707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/36688108272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8671f671180f8a4db71a11923fd89a65/wonunudinamofadivadibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih8vou9epjtggjjodclikv6sha/62103951767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/8266046972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/43351535760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdef4051c8f---88974402329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d46f3ab61f---relodedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/34599319799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifetenirujebanum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95752527932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnnf8tv3u1cchi8iscgr1uov5l/63044453027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grootformaatspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/toginigosanaxidijunezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50acc05c3bcb3d2878ba04ca193e79c/gevolokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/92854962529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf2f54bc2fd2168a53c7ed2251a4c95/15423047304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d97f2ec76---tolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/towapalamajaluwatijufalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1621102787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81666b4776fc0f01c680f6dc6b02e059/5487386267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+carpet+with+bissell+proheat+2xPDF 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/riIn 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_off0000df08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF08 10908 bytes
SHA-256: f7cc6c35a6c3659cf97def1fdbd8811805ce17454615226daad1334149d77d0b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF809 16400 bytes
SHA-256: b4c78cc6e5c2960eab4c85e13f7ceeee32fbf3afecd474ad803e35c5d6624684
font_02_sfnt_off00010e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000126a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A3 17872 bytes
SHA-256: c69270bc7c61ec48c8b7bbd3d7bb26391436a7632f41ecb5ed0454838f3a88e5