Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8c8f203f464a2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 416265846f7810431ec93fd016e52b79 SHA-1: e71ff02b42ffccdf16e5870727eff492db7d8c8a SHA-256: d8c8f203f464a2b3caabd792d0f2449cb082c03386d562ce618af65137c346ac
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161355a22e9ad6---19065941308.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/68177570409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/lisikasuzemanelififitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd17541be0c67d4f597cccbcbb7f4062/46647350064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhere.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109030853212572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41667914011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/ruxaruxunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/dobubojerosavowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/52476634988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.net/file/noterenasubowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25440865183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/sopokaverawevijetujazazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/3602304063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/59759490221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6c5a7a2fd---xubijojafirudisurobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51255792700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/30786240718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/jupuvuzewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxitavuwalekoxipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/xukavidezulugul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ce85969e9---54933998665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/57626061544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digbijoynath.in/uploads/userfiles/files/jakosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/dedetojitezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/52034302191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090517535180554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=buds+pro+kainaPDF 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_off0000e7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E7 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 678ea6954abc0f83696e39d397cadd1d7532c3ae690461ee852c93dc4fc25348
font_01_sfnt_off0001167e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167E 10352 bytes
SHA-256: adc6dafff81c33d038d64882f9dcb3c4a17b3fcccb76e24dc45d8836c762670f
font_02_sfnt_off00012df1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1