Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d35a6000369072…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:11:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 28767988058e71a5815d53ac93bed1c2 SHA-1: 3a74772056109f41e2b60850d120b640dd4bc77d SHA-256: d8d35a6000369072d57f1916125051d73b7954657a38982cfbe09c55bec30029
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, consistent with credential phishing lures. The heuristics specifically identify brand impersonation (Microsoft) and a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+vs+mechanical+digestion+worksheet.
  • 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://bahsclassof1965.com/clients/1/1d/1db829f64c2e26d3b32b12ccabba4d7c/File/wuwidadajezaxudibokalaxov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/41857410153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94715091739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/mefaxinamekisaxujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/nowelorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/beloxeditakorinenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ec0e3cde07b001d42323af896aeaf5/57701374915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3f05f7381d2300366dfebe946c8364/lotaleselenamerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/1d962351788f4f9be2288249fd79407b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/69147806810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd18f9713a4e0f6be93f94fdd1368f26/doparotupuvobapowitavuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd1c9c8121---xawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/zalulorezexagitirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/pofovomifutetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/bomiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvu4nr3pn0nivckaso40h287oo/miteliruboresuvewowebodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202108182112508475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce0ae72aac---34615450032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/zeziwiposujixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajbl9083je79rfv7lp09du3tgi/vuzabolufimimigatukudati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9f6f87aa27---dabipubinuxopomatuwiweteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/sesugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d605503e5c4---fixeterojijupomavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+vs+mechanical+digestion+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD734 11092 bytes
SHA-256: e301ce70292b0cf0a5908daf5dba78f28376f18d80bd6d9e70f1d0c35f4908ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C4 18212 bytes
SHA-256: b000d0d5dd3a3def34c9330950bc4107b646b9351c7d28354a6b992c23a6c3ef
font_02_sfnt_off00011fab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1