Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8ef39c63508b9f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6e292ad82e56181ee906f75bf1f95c42 SHA-1: c2da14280acfc19786e12ee96e5182b4fe828b56 SHA-256: b8ef39c63508b9f9b6a12e74b2e0dd49a793fe46da707c47dd951e6b593d3572
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external links are present, with several pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81142605476.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/31105405624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzerirefexutibawogelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://receptabc.hu/images_banner/files/86253933660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/dutijemolamuguxilazatesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muachungbaohiem.com/uploads/userfiles/file/derazufewapoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/midipudibuzofafukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-rive-droite.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liginozinuxateti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/popaziwusamuximonakupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/6655560112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77124806261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/pukoropafiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/vovapomivifiwetemevupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41852849453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/98094523714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d1c4b1dabff32a337e822c69b80f0d/legavumufexenenesos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64993909960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb8d473c2e---kabogupamupobojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/rakelifafaludakakitogule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902001316864375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3151053867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasevunepifex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427a3690a43---55390042934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/27275765975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linuwimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethnicminorities.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/99587667894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mcat+physics+formula+sheetPDF 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_off0000c285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC285 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9C 10848 bytes
SHA-256: aeef8bd1557e46b882c97ebb6cdef371a8d78dfa336320731c1ff3eeef9a6a8c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C1 16756 bytes
SHA-256: e105443157bc767da5190d656881f3a5c6c9ae7c282718f80f401af6689ea61c