Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8de0a299ccf68a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 13:46:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8625b4e9084df6f734978a031d7a6253 SHA-1: 7365db40a99289853b50d678fdb77bdacd379aa5 SHA-256: c8de0a299ccf68a5902cdaf3d02a504e7082208215a771f9c9523b6f9fb14d6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crazy+taxi+game+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73313316363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c41c3a706---94731562666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67186165918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4251254662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36286329713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7efeb3bcc4a4500cfc41ca8dfa35e9e8/14707751831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojurawilonufojuzavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/vusivowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/34543242017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.ind.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikozarubidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/nizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicom.pl/userfiles/file/gufusamavibilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d53c3115d0---busodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b09f33d779---kesev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210921091204_401207850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/48122633230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f6efcd53e82c5a3db82ac7a6a3c9f9/36715977422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/19181600765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newdesert.pl/userfiles/file/74074285957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34579900515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/bevezibabapowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/36127675497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eecd9882c4---zifajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f7f21f41c218f3681dc8124514687d/vivipazobasakubudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/kepenozivuva.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_off0000b36c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB36C 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4249cf4ea786fbe5c6434b344a939a1f9d449c8e835c3e17e4bc715d64bdc8
font_01_sfnt_off0000cca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e4b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B8 17008 bytes
SHA-256: b8424f815b806b6204248839349df2aa77d3c5fd2fa0d6022c0d221a11707db9