Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8ecffb0c5aa1b52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:09:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f12f67b8d279f758e509aec46477defc SHA-1: e69420c21f8bf66e3b7a54cc47b6c8533df3bdf0 SHA-256: d8ecffb0c5aa1b52cb986ff686dec8631063e980b431f5f96a3e0ca6116113aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous disposable hosting domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for 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://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/kejaji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/28173394101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/92892936345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/64073764977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/vopanusimojudaxozidojunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newdesert.pl/userfiles/file/wokagidaweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepiratibidapazepepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/71034215791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/7681005845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614285d509f08---70694026132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021091304112673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motty-etai-sharon.com/files/files/74408076345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613510a422ceb---88955042353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/dusomofotiwaxakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/fesodegudefapagatelomexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/90561303761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/22995731089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/14243743563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/pikanalola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/79886429499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eec6d990c8---30069015225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0430bbbc9---65382689355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99120399871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smshealthcareservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12677004647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/69400324430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=course+feedback+questionnairePDF 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_off0000dc5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5E 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 9806e3b251aa94dcd762d06f7fd53e2e0b8fd499c1db72658d6f508809018ced
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 053826af2f3817b243800ff83aa2c16b6b4eb1c40c3dcadbdbbd8e29346192de