Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8b87648f15c899f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-29 11:25:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5ff8686c3ed4fee534292f501ac4c74a SHA-1: 663e4c4dbf58877df3d9aefa129f227e7f04b267 SHA-256: b8b87648f15c899f803c0bc5d6ca653ab6a8a8a791c19fdc6e92a068fd1b0fb2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using numerous distinct hosts with a single link each, often with UTM parameters, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+gba+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/puvejuxikojawoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stonebuild.bg/f/uploads/files/579838628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/bipafojixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80245942670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/bopepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/nexodov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/gajuxogixoveronupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/40701016548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/93741779293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/birow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/zotukukavavawutafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/xonumijubaxulinekibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db77a7371b---68878648203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopusotalolefoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdhmladavozice.cz/userfiles/file/86340210944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rakefimunulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15693174287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinaval.ru/userfiles/file/43271628694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/lelavulotusobavop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedasuzosiluloxijinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80c3c311059ee5016520f9ccc4f9f7b/13471945555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents/files/wepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ba01e9054---43998186049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/23718569387.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_off0000b423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB423 18204 bytes
SHA-256: ea8881ee3ec1d8d303f1e1a8093274860717f86e1801865def1f66f77329aa21
font_01_sfnt_off0000e361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE361 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 341aab28e8a53096bd895c9322af5596af005ad73b034a116168ec310ab76c56
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1