Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df8d6666387c375e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f017602dde3e4c00b9fe5a6d30acfc16 SHA-1: 441b6ff2ad96557fbee676a54a61095945516edd SHA-256: df8d6666387c375efb84c5f3ae60b0726ac620784ac747ade5b017532058e5c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised websites. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely as part of a phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 https://5uempat.com/contents/files/vorutilaxewemazuxedovaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/70260238357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379d69c0df2---zezotuwefefemonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bujorugiboga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--72ca1bzcdf9cg5df4n5a8cei.com/userfiles/files/berarugesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5fc0ae21a86a9616a2525b07ce13ad/benonatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f230d459c9cafb4de33dde215f7a8014/30697961670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitygums.com/userfiles/file/96084333081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/020327422300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79473399868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/sepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/vofajopusujadubamekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/293103239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domesticsolutionsagency.com/userfiles/file/65543836791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41810617120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f4a643ac00---patuzekudurovamikotitasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20210926120528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/tubewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210925_161029_8421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthresearchinstitute.net/userfiles/file/pexemalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/xukupesobiwebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47899804108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+the+sorcerer%27s+stone+full+movie+hdPDF 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_off0000bac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC8 11192 bytes
SHA-256: c281701b1036bf8caa0e43a9ac4bc06327a909a6ddd5cadd22bee63c0de24d91
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D0 17416 bytes
SHA-256: f49a4b35a1295b7877415b4154bb3e27481a6f9f4cb51aa3ffa5d5e9194898f1
font_02_sfnt_off000101e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1