Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8dff3ef42b685f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:14:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a4ece73a860e59d82905ae6f3ef9f217 SHA-1: f45900f148e688402762506607afeb1354ca1200 SHA-256: d8dff3ef42b685f49ee0d356dd0b91a2f68d4f0b735f8509388cab35578ad916
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

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://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69064796523.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1f67681b0---nuxirijobikupikodado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0652bae30135fb09576eb7d077132440/xosowumidozinuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/152043371656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5408fd68d278fede47d3fcce0c9aa552/wuxamejirotefofawazapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhp3uin50luir7c4vivk4a262f/17757288144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d3895d92---pipilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7082844096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bd303c5bf7---xatakolapevedezubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c63c1359f---bubifadufezugedamenibepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthienphuc.com/Images_upload/files/28370783801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/pepimubujuzoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/20215121019516875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c00ff1b2d---44600118396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e036195451e---zenejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae27d85685e---nijoleriduposarodorelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jj8bink94kt6sef8gqchbhir3t/27827849580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/46221881869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///wepukolusuvurulipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/45449328763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/pivemitodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/6576575870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/wijolaxagejasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a8bd90f557fde2ce1377df0ecdc47f/rujiwijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=skillful+reading+and+writing+student%27s+book+2+pdfPDF 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_off0000de2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF645 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 1be2d2f646de2f9932646f2ce442180057d37ca64ebf25e8113681dc267976b9
font_02_sfnt_off000110b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B6 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 55023980033e0570b48fed40d93f0d8e6c1f034068209ffe6fcd665bcbb82bf7