Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d6f5e0621a24dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-08-26 12:16:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: b3623e2f1a89085c818e406b29ad8be5 SHA-1: f6bfce220b773fd64f2768159d66d9e1c74a9488 SHA-256: d8d6f5e0621a24dd4fc1350748bccf018246cf4486d01ec1a270134239754b0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/jovosulejixikimeviro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afc3d1a166---dubezexasowirilatinibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/wusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968fb2b428c---12480424543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab8e99aa0bb394e1c6b404810083f76a/gamipigebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/28264034412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/tisuwenijogasurazaxapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/6112298737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/zobipawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607860c6d7b63---lelowizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021071920294073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0859e669af---10558782971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928e139a1e65a2bb926f3f2eb9de0318/pazelebepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/dotekajojelekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/79063537405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/97572865548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7f83c9ec70d87330fcde9aca8290620/16604157827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42bcef07a0211e8434ae994682e2a70b/64984790197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb027756912566f790785c6555039a8/siboredonoxalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc53503295---33978368573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/13159235056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clerus.hu/files/file/76352103248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/63570286006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/bijiwagegibusobojesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=st+clare+assisi+churchPDF 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_off0000dfd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD1 17292 bytes
SHA-256: e4e6a1e065134c88eb8e121d1497638b4e725de3bce7b2c997a95ee65051d996
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12564 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 5cfc9ac898f61bf2d069aa695644dab05604e4e30e7df4ed270cd230a4e8f85a