Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8d6d16fec29ab20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 09:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e63e5e3998bcbd86d1184854c905b338 SHA-1: 309ad2947eb55cf6126340be758fea1b9dfcfe55 SHA-256: b8d6d16fec29ab209cad38b0f866052b603fe0e178d715190df405cdbddc9bcd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports its role in delivering malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/pilipizitosivod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1720ae383---sabazikifavuvamuxilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/30064429912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce47da5f7a28e723ddff091661022cca/62403913995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f004f934477---9422198875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/falisudutaxusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/53357949902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whsclass1968.com/clients/f/f8/f849445bb2fb8f42e7c863050dc1ba38/File/49538140139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/waxufagubajijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/93820289961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/50551270740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/vegugewuwiperizuzitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fpfm7gnsigfp8s5mcn3j26frg/forufamipavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/60530946691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/zuxozowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffc7c0b3fd---ziwudiwapuweluvitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxexudewupabenaloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/55685697690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasivunuzale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dece3a40164---53361931235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/buzinitasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weymouthhighschoolclassof62.com/clients/5/50/50fe23896e84432c97ff20d680692bb9/File/mofebatetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/49863175401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/96962423515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609655c8517fb---61551207630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b72ebb075f97de35d44d5e3929700d/pekujovazixemixafexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=oxidacion+de+un+elemento+no+metalico+generaPDF 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_off0000e51f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51F 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 243ad1d5fa97247c3df0126835670f83b2960afb027723701adef4fbd8b8d59b
font_01_sfnt_off00011306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11306 10772 bytes
SHA-256: b64b6148cda550df5330a808f8ba5fc24559d4b6fe594a59cce1387e4e6f036f
font_02_sfnt_off00012b99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1