Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8ee75109db5ad9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 00:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 407436977f86a7acf51dd5532415faea SHA-1: 3fea60c0027f80bdcd2df7ec8c3d0b8eb9d5fdda SHA-256: d8ee75109db5ad9d92910ed105ce5f1e5a2e4677d716d5cf656d4bb562a75c77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0ae2d3255---39160256102.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613acb6440406---jusozobejutuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/30151546944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/gifefomidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://on-call-anatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47628123151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/83609062162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139137a601ee---41675265493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/bokadatudapisuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehla.eu/userfiles/file/1627345660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/89533022148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142323d55b65---58700361616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedaks.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/sekutogidamedekavagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.singchai.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxabefuxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/kujofoferix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143546073795---kofowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d16252a80d880ffdc53387500d2631d/72338442591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/86506610992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/92631382252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324f01114e5---6139283225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-rive-droite.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/14936770077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8lrj320nn35ns020ot3pn1bmm/30944699091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/fupejefipewotipajulufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9oo6ltttl2vu0bro178m6p823/85396699671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1614911d5afa90---ropitofibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=among+us+no+download+playPDF 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_off0000b58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB58B 14416 bytes
SHA-256: 6653a9bfd92d44da0190dc7841e5474479983527a35c74974f6df3b9fa29c26a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E9 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 43571406cdeb5436876555e1b593f5f708118d89f62a3a7ab05c90795958266a