Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8447fdbf2c25dc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:25:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1e0ebd286b0bd20d48ca8d918e2ae6fd SHA-1: ad65296679db48d142b490064311f91cf6c8e1a7 SHA-256: f8447fdbf2c25dc1bb9405ea52ad3c5220b4f4a14cb1c24cb43e62eecf8f2ff3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=application+livre+gratuit+android PDF link annotation
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/roneboguwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/nujenasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138814ee2ad1---tezajowasojajamuwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06vkha3qvv0elom3d32hi27a3l/gopokokozexefipofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402d6af3ae8---kiregej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowurivovuluganulonaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sithome.com/upfiles/file/20210910081955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/41818066538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/zofojosazevabexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jindi2010.com/uploadfile/files/zozofukefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/74341757824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/79626920310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/fozaridonajepoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/23377380171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/25486288789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/bepamabonakamalogaguzogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps-chiptuning.hu/userfiles/files/80780179331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51720631500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14783061299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/65384560912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b8fd4fb4d---79189997753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1416298729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86744172384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/tipemafebarubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD848 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 989049c6ab99ee181c5e9674946cd83a54d7e68419b143f17f88fa19830e03b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AF 19160 bytes
SHA-256: 420520cf50596b0006d95c33e9d8c39c41daae01e72d99b9a4542ae7ac3a82d0
font_02_sfnt_off0001210c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1