Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8f235347b5e8b69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:19:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d53214aef436dd779398dff379e175de SHA-1: eb01c9e26eda79f787d231c29b04378e62146506 SHA-256: a8f235347b5e8b69dc2f09b688745260f50dda5f128cb6bc8d89e1404599f0d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://edituj.cz/res/file/wubijowiguzebadojisam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://armour-technoz-ca.otzol.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///14339316076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72862dfdfe80bdbe29b80252616e64d9/21911603535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/vizavufuwejovogaweduzisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ff64eb96d---30101822619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1agcmh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketugudafijojejalutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/bawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/63489352794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/1058743566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/tojetefewexalaxivimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/86506890453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c180c087cba6be60258628b876f7136c/sirorowidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/76973213843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/81519332410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikakoferapajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614110a0f0f37---wimupajozitotasamowiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96584370798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/92164344748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomedia.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/silaloposikodakubiwufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/fazexogoriteramaxuxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202109130817018883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/31223988926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=telegram+group+apkPDF 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_off0000d936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD936 18628 bytes
SHA-256: ad0d15a01e227a0495c2273ef364aa1163893cd880caeadadb0ba4f90a90576b
font_01_sfnt_off0001093d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093D 10288 bytes
SHA-256: b2dc4a8df3dff6472d7147c4bd0f97391762c289e2e190096c9f96cee343a0d2
font_02_sfnt_off0001206f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1