Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8ad0ed121a6b515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:00:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a04d91a99402b1b479546942a21715cf SHA-1: ddf1a362e4670c4d72fd73d6e747ca0c3fea1a78 SHA-256: d8ad0ed121a6b51541acfc32de07fe0afadab94ed35fb4eb73e2e277f2ae64e8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a click-outward action to external URLs. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/bibos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92833064399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/26805518628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/ronoragowonexejabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/radidopodefarisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/31226692527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/kexipema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kijikirobosodibazeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613960431a4b0---33041560058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckfinder.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofelaxixutasasuguzawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7co13m1pugo5nthc9bd7s47d9/nuxezanunifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/14587990525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354d6c69c4a---64029730779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamidirufawavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyisz.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/58545754654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/lojowekusejoxatudub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/dejulazosarakonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210906212345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210906220304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kigutusumabepomevorunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdunu73m8e9ol3rfk6ck9ijbk1/16021926581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/jajugunegebabufoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72859194201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=3d+car+race+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB347 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB59 14016 bytes
SHA-256: a87888c426bba03580c2051148e649ee49d8349908ae3ce2b30efa44e2184d0b
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD7 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 5ae1b745272680100ac15688986e69a9081a4ff6178c6222148ee46aa4ca29d2