Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8228f518bb32dbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-29 09:01:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0eb4eb0bcadab6f8dfc9199c358da114 SHA-1: f58eea5c488dd7c197f8cf27972618cc49842798 SHA-256: d8228f518bb32dbf555ad4584a716ded317d5767829c1264d819114f4ee433a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69012878810.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/89168781908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/63520838592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/65769983158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/86971080402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64023559245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/kiresefugakopetobuvenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmanagement.colortown.ro/images/file/47667077720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42352236433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.likoda.com.tw/upload/ckimg/files/92395071311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/60781133383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc1ee11b43---54855992690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slabowidzacy.smprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babevofoninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1059694914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents/files/37181589749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/66233429620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36389723622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radyoislam.com/resimler/files/lufiwosilefile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/juvojarebesojolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorowaxoxigezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f72fdcfb7---renijetanivegukisomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40485604985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/6784592727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174c1850c51b0c0399167762a270a23e/98832867392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/razodutunalenozitikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gta+cleo+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000b33f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33F 14656 bytes
SHA-256: 4ee2988fb09a15b5c099335de5d6531317fa8939241bc564366ff792c3e29664
font_01_sfnt_off0000d845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD845 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 23839f52ce105ff77996ae81bf8cc1a93b4a811a1124b285718e5067e090bf27
font_02_sfnt_off0000efb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1