Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8dc5effdcf375d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-30 20:15:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6b7317b0e22cea42d4ef2980d447233b SHA-1: d868c3e0b172cd8a05509b3f4254c1e721cf27f2 SHA-256: c8dc5effdcf375d6e18ca0a8b98688846496817d9d2bf4524010a39f7651e456
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, several of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to download further payloads or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://arendic.cl/files/femenazavuxitirivegefera.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49826812532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60331372010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/145e5bdecbfd68f7033417ecb2ebcc50/runaxuvamibifavinerurunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rumugefatinovufenoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e2imgu.ratnatelenet.com/UserFiles/file/28415010696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/65556223708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/guxugasutepukevafevite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daponazisonujorevila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/foxejitidoxuxikoneral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/midatukepututiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/lujibabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53152015293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/figesozozuwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/39267934656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/bidipubosibufunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/tafozafetejuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161471d16aca65---74275242042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f31d32da29e4e679553202fd8c18226e/musomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/93977706647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53409913141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22629630394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/24255288730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/userfiles/file/20210916192053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dual+boot+ubuntu+18.04+windows+10PDF 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_off0000b480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB480 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC97 10860 bytes
SHA-256: df2e5afe2fe1b7ee298a7f9889c77e2656c134d7d174ebb751773ea1c7d003f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E3 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 5fab462170160f70e598113aa0cad8cad5f3bffbe376c6ab2c6a9529d4866423

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