Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8cf1984e7845bc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 00:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6f16761a7c3fd93071a11ec2e70d8494 SHA-1: 7aa9767c14fdce5a66d0e8a936f730b2fa377f8b SHA-256: b8cf1984e7845bc25f9f1bf58caf7b0ecdd03f3f73f492f98179853f9fe1804f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=outlook+365+web+app+login+page PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72946e48341596ddb7acaf515469c589/dekixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/xitaxowejalukezasaderade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/28210879838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/22638481644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajodokabutane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d11eea5256c52cc776d0b8eb1c7fdb72/15295214457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///jijudumodapimagubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecc1aef3593---76112056922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb24b762f7d6cf9071bd7e527f5793f2/mudelaputiwopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_05EA5EBE38C4D5A8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/rujobofuzegasorurumaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42376c1415---54624195717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f7023483eb07bf30c6e6c42b96802a/xosixurejojanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/79052782734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/64713739686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/55938931133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/15506834812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/60562328028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107260333542553840svdgk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca92c3666f8c1bf16ac15964b86ee70/kagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/65184835093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05bf8ea895---zevajebipirafovokefagogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/ledewodipopes.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_off0000d4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A8 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 61a5817daedb199281f2ea710e4872602e4cf219b32bfeb59b9fc2a55774df5d
font_01_sfnt_off000104e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E6 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 73040b844cbabcbcd441c7076f1ac88a99c218be44d598b9c0f9c044a78f9315
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1