Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8a97696c55eaadd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 05:29:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 947d6c4904e28088c608b8db54059820 SHA-1: 80b254346cd5e25fabef1a88a93b82b3d013cb6a SHA-256: d8a97696c55eaadd88a62e3b531eecb0cd80f86852577da0a52a9e8922c8330b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using disposable or compromised hosting for malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of these malicious files, contributing to a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsq4oia76vb026v5vfus6e4ros/takuvaziwepufo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tlca.com/Content/uploads/files/28525502825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videotour24.com/data/fckupload/file/xiwebebiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/72021659887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaee9a17e46e4a3fe689765ecd967027/dafovaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/migabemijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/pezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/xexoxijamevitolasija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/73955670425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/rininiwisipubozenezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lidaoxc.com/upload/files/51323576841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/mogelulanufikulomafataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed2iuc4h4fgnjvv7pl3n75be2/joxuniloduxuneredubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f0b6c0fe1---zarototemekuwomevibisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa6a1l1omq3v902942p303t8p5/78637774843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagofove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/38074476578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49376882692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wilexutifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fongyoskert.hu/userfiles/files/mexugeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132088d204b5---feketagidatowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/43299048604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70551912771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdecc6ff558f016571aab2269c007e73/nikidubimiwiguxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021091314152070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210922001255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burbank.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/noviraxexudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+mediabox+on+firestickPDF 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_off0000b582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB582 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 5ad62a32042cabe27ef8aa74185f4a36bd363f44ea71fe4db9dc98ad3e81f1a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE143 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0affdccd120817b9a85f7f6bfd6fb996226596f1e2bc4b10119feb7abec2df
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1