Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8021af9a3c77d78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 17:23:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e7e2f6593ad9c51bc7807a05620eb844 SHA-1: 66d7067e7157a11a6070227b6776b488bd38aaca SHA-256: f8021af9a3c77d78e946c67e21129501bcfdfcb06914d73bdbdddb9b288732a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, indicates this PDF is designed to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/bigom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e0665d489---samizujeverolizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjcounsel.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/92921776940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/39163811544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/81264403295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8270715c79f1c5be6ebab8a662cf980a/lesekepiratobiwinuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61167ccdb52c94ac5dffdaf43d6deb0a/samuluwufaxesadefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/kulito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868eac00f8c---nidetejameme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/ferogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bepexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d7f7a92ca4ce692cf949a85719bd41/86170822086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/filaxanukusipalezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i3ctv342qjarmcf72ok1ltvve/45345645175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8aa41d5f1b---86570247042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eaa34e5370106f497b2960f009cff67/sozixawigagakufamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/45531238718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/26527755264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fde978eff4e---wediwagonobolekegidanuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/66727520774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tchid.net/userfiles/file/93111407193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096179e3bc37---16347446812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/32523795022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=compare+and+contrast+word+list+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001193e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13150 16888 bytes
SHA-256: b24c7ce0816d30d0cb852077e07785a4c6a5b7f46b99bb3615ce063a074f8252
font_02_sfnt_off00015d32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D32 10900 bytes
SHA-256: e77c085d878e2a2da7e2ee4ea21a62cea8c1c9faef692543e0e8d86d82a3e401
font_03_sfnt_off00017673.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17673 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 6d636ebcb28a43c11a0b96216d988d0aaa25e428b847d4e039b2a2a6b6e27b6d