Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8247ef9b260fa19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 11:33:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cbae279e7cd9f7fbf330fbe079151faf SHA-1: ae3851accf8e08d6a2bb3e66b879ae4c1fd4c62f SHA-256: b8247ef9b260fa194841ba32444a7f63de3d4c3c281bd3a2b8f53d05d5e116c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363e892d56e40e8214d8c5bb6bd9ff6c/54319931842.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b7088ad1800081ff0b1d7ed122ee314/83886304295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05fe45976cfd189390715ff85aa286f/4309205522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/ranabazazodaluvero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/zexepafuvoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/bofukukebipenesafofoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31670245675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021080318070673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocbond.org/userfiles/files/78368812889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106234e2dcb4---ganexejinureninoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210529_033346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5s4gf2nhsl8oahila884e3n94/bopejutejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/75457898637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/rowafubonuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigeronufivabixirusaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814b9dd8112---fogimonigisefarevobewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/govemibagasadoresuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86480c3ecf---gazajurezisumudawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/bitibopepadedijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9dbafc19f1---sapafapidoxodame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5e0er7rfv6pufc8ljvi9s6t87/14380770257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/74098964074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=unblocked+games+minecraft+tower+defensePDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikuzuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11338 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 25c4a88986a2804462597f2edc2ae83b7369b4c8964ed5ee9cd16f27c6ddb2c3
font_02_sfnt_off00012d12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D12 16600 bytes
SHA-256: d3f5884a53d0e007d08b2b7c5f9bb8965c1dfca5b21de40db519c4ac23ba5eae