Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8bed68945cbade6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:54:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f9ea69be0a1b4be519b15b12d24026f3 SHA-1: 1ccefa9967cc25e30e5f1ee0fa14879077348491 SHA-256: b8bed68945cbade6f05514a31f5949b1bb710c2070ff20755448089f95337f10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious websites or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kiroladeworeba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/88994859025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100968390cc0---57760384649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ceramika.pl/userfiles/file/ketevejuniviredetuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capri.lt/userfiles/files/13001876127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0b550cd81---60654976342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210802015654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008fa44761534f8ec5bda22a35833ed5/9960193565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anglarill.net/userfiles/file/23194046683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chekeeh.ir/basefile/chekeehir/files/damamabitikibulagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de843b9585---49483917895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af8baf4229---luwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/nerupupofope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novzelandiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxopanokowawinozase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/27049599496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e96b74773da77a2cdad721fc1592e7/60666824815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/giboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb62b03138---rexapowazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/warixovelakuxijamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1bc94813a434279c9ec1911c65d851/fobelizefivegozekudawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62bd9343d3---siwixubonedidipiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/wesujiduriranilesivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58346359251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dwg+to+pdf+converter+offlinePDF 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_off0000ce39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE39 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 91dc2a55c0a220fb4792bc618f35672eb2321876d88b66850c163e6d15394276
font_01_sfnt_off0000fba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA2 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 6b56b801ce53bc1fc6e9c8b4dca4e16a90f624d03e29ac825b4d252111d23e93
font_02_sfnt_off000113dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1