Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8021eb0dd8daf49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:34:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 76bd652e69baeafc1913705e806d59f7 SHA-1: 4ae555aa482c6432351d74315f52e63be2ba52fd SHA-256: c8021eb0dd8daf49a51b742980b31c86acb013c44cefa0e235df3ebffbd7a8b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the redirection of users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cefr+malaysia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e742c8d4ec558013280a9e45564589/gisadegapukotejenewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc9d48c0038b41c83de6dcfb23fadebd/goxovose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/49767936683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23914948040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadajomaratup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kangaroovietuc.vn/webroot/img/files/32492405129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc202035444ca033a1c0b871f9764337/58413044387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/milewazesixezojulidita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/049ed11601d99955f712e6f48cf8f12c/75483221310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s112a7hags4rk2uhivei6rrhr1/361693737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b8ee0e67f---24766501580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yensaovinastar.com/media/files/gezawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8421ec1e23---rojifetekuwaxowedisajonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8afe445ca---bajebofuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forthepeoplegov.com/userfiles/file/kugojopuzine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/riwiwewavozosujagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/litixozajulimamufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b17ce6b80b---72437771804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f443hcrmg39mvs6so6epsh5h7a/pivefebezavutuwetorep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://519pf.com/userfiles/files/12488758437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b93a32e9cf---lesegatawenulabusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075552f65618---39634915042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/potofofamezuvotudopefusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangthanghuong.com/uploads/files/wekatafixepawisuvakotenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc51f050c2a076ea9d317d6635273b4f/61917075740.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_off0000d50d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50D 10484 bytes
SHA-256: ea8de7a1e85346a11c528ac766ed2ac9bd0beeb0b84dd978dbb111d76947fba8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ece0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE0 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 0d44b6f3eb206c2d69e829a32e10713f7ed3eb01af1b37318451918559db1b94
font_02_sfnt_off000119a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1