Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8163c44b6bf130e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:44:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 51722068b6a4ed76fcfcfd2cd3a43f28 SHA-1: 01584d118e2f40b38f13ed7c2675e6d3227fd8f0 SHA-256: f8163c44b6bf130ecdd0ab274e04655245b3a992e516cea7bff5b4649fdc3c18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/62961041933.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160935fa87d80b---33610866294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c5b0aba75---zumisuzufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/32390744454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/ruviruxajolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0c21bee6c---rinetunagizura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722eb3588fc---16039001727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e32fdd2551e---77203923441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120e0ffc1f2d---76122033758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2c0401b7c---titirolajimasagowivuzepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/zisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86103552342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/37343053107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/44860787174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1ovgd3dql52cra44kagm8p1a7/jexegujuravif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84247591616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c30096ea87---wutemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/35304721279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff54c14288ac832e4290e68ab420f9ca/23561388003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98592707936e69e4426cb44c1b266f93/7528638385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepadixikupotetewidoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/dugifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyrukrc.lt/userfiles/file/tuxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/durhj9vg8tp4to7g03t3ledao3/pinoviwudebalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a80e7e9f83e09fefac054768d4b729f/wajidirogumifuvuvubufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=lstat+manual+pagePDF 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_off0000e1da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DA 19504 bytes
SHA-256: b13492b7259d2a49c9da9aa5e5ca9286c9619ca279442e848b3a4d1e9c1b287e
font_01_sfnt_off000115c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DDA 10340 bytes
SHA-256: b1d19ed407efb297389f56592559f5351ee8e29596b2e50ec2424392b275cf26