Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8a03da3f9bb349e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:46:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e6760452df4aeb0336af3c828329c634 SHA-1: e4923c92b55e5caf1c880d1bfd37dd77f3058cb1 SHA-256: d8a03da3f9bb349ea82c75cab79494b64cfb3476b7b20b8d9d4eb73434da57f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to facilitate phishing or distribute further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69573700688.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612acfacab248---ladifepimumamarifowefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/34919127191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolikafomajomakifejot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611844610a354---20345185965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ac5355581---12205659970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/ginekoruzewogezajojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8v906igjihqqrjd7hk6m29b98/65410031364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc168a2f9f---70854351613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/24722495524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a18a5b6a6---17794117643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160c8e03007360---21714474235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/42616145527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apgr.eu/UserFiles/file/kafilodukijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/62226412359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1184c837e---kadifebezakoxasitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/81444038814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e2c662ef5---numabefanoromunejivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/jumamurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/7356527952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/63345487297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=journal+international+chemistry+education+pdfPDF 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_off0000d796.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD796 11092 bytes
SHA-256: f07c78688ad7a4f38f2ceef0ff8105130d851c752a409f4bc46b9c0bdee46ced
font_01_sfnt_off0000f149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF149 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 3b10130b06b83087f226afe53c526cf2af161a28e46ed2a8aecf1bd17bee19a3
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1