Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8307592dd61afe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:13:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: d965599bc642ecf85010c29eade4fece SHA-1: a3336eb5f9ec50831df397adf408fb92a658451c SHA-256: b8307592dd61afe3fa8ae579b2207683f547f9cd875d08f61c850b0c8d56078e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for initiating malicious actions. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092b928e717d600eddd47c6f0871d1bd/jirizodilixunatavurevara.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/govusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioicamdo.com/upload/files/27675632155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/49768641622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/pegipanesegopuligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd04864fa3---20601919634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65772567808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/98281996047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca19eb6ef7---95356317108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/26548195294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73158d9d7c4ac6d27c052ae3873d63c6/juxabularikelawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/zewiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolusemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47vu2h3lo0i0p4nbglt8qu6pi2/sufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/29038641128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d688cca5be2---lireko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/nevimukotukupitifenubatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kj6voffbnppqtefijumfk4g53i/37176055325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xotevuvokigete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/81218840478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/97514941688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06d25ec073ca5678b081b1b46144adbe/74735946412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071da12af814---lozopasafedemakifamumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eace4eedfb---11711922046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+difference+between+assume+and+presumePDF 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_off0000df6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF785 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 61ad863ea56df2f84bf2c96e3467583d6fd64bfa1aeaa91f4b633523f0a6d13d
font_02_sfnt_off000110c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C3 20392 bytes
SHA-256: c045c71f541c1fe6cbb04e1fe9b4b26073cc84fa20a001400489df8cad6c48bb