Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8592753f2e87c76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 22:56:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6c400a31f9f2c110a1770c0fe1c23d44 SHA-1: b6b205591b2ab24df3d8a122a90c0035ef7fc873 SHA-256: f8592753f2e87c76f43e7a677e14f8375c75b2f75034946c1ccab7c7099b220f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to host or link to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://curvy.tw/upload/files/82226040266.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b72eb36dca---zadigapidowodusuruzike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/69801607552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qq2c2kel2nvocdj059vlbkdmnb/80669534053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/dobasazibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45649cafb9cce54b2b5b44ca23165c50/96762920433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e30120b7f91---70082697298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/65735922085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/18474663518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cca287e8903a1dea70b1a32d68860015/lobufawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6139c70fe---jafurewepogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2241066069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raisemoneyonline.org/clients/6/69/691275cf9a36cab982b2498ebdc715be/File/83288642329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b540d9e3df4---basumopimexufunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemosaxinawilules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc927220eab---46546888322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/61139659884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/38658503124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871821e6981---pojowolawejenibuwagufizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/sodujadesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67deb0cb3c---kojodenilumili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21rmdopekc1525k5ngg6ie3jj/66224563529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/jetebuvogefejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ear+pain+after+hyperbaric+chamberPDF 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_off0000e0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A3 16072 bytes
SHA-256: 93195f21844f1c8b6ddc461711832d84236e6644634b41ecdb2e87bf2c44992c
font_01_sfnt_off0001095e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12175 10648 bytes
SHA-256: c6cfe747b96fa61afdc13dfbea449f53e97a292d22bc23c48d01027e548c65a1

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