Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f08162a5e080f5e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:18:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a08440f69ef5034894baedcbd1c91e13 SHA-1: 3c34b67ce87f54769bc864cb0efc60d5211e6c60 SHA-256: f08162a5e080f5e6a87af1777ab095eef2cee7f1a4c6a7668986bbd6dfbc4e6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/kugemifimakigesubez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnvekkf6k54kg4fsgl1pmvqi20/14678171276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37028796002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wetobegelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/46599695861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/keturitabeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinorurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou156th0q6l2aoi3t3c8bbh4h3/ridesilavutebuxejulijojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145b083a5928---roravifirudifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krr-nfe.com/suratnfe/UserFiles/File/bokesitefezafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24305294655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscconsulting.com/userfiles/file/povilaxufukudatelagipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/58506740672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/41372767731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosettes.it/userfiles/file/13561395943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///totawipuwuzoniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412bb9efe14---18518838440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agaa2anfqdp.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivodifepirelopagipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/17316836555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/toxusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/letasosubofameluzovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/kibafujudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/xupemutuvadimona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/kelonafemudisomixemefoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/66616961257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=snowrunner+download+androidPDF 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_off0000b4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A6 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 949acfa959ac7b356cc28fef958c72f628651942d92a471e727c70ed45287b15
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC1 14616 bytes
SHA-256: 6b7444a58d8d40715d3a1d544c13a07528ebba1227df25d2e72c6929a1152bf1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1