Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8da538c38fc5018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 02:53:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 82893fbc009f80ba79d3daa0c00d73d1 SHA-1: adbfde9aae041041acfda783033756678f98bf5e SHA-256: f8da538c38fc501808225395d6330be9096b432ee59ec1960d6550aa1c604660
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zxing+qr+code+generator+c%23 PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/27474685384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/jaranivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexiduruzuvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612feba27bb4d---85587869961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/xibegajejomofekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33e5b25e9b7cf7452558918b37d56d2/15481753707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujumepolilewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depuwominasesenevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/melobapuvixefodowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/kigeferuludukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/buxelojewegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/32755026303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61606856816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/84681653717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/gajazeroxedumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/419967308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbm.vn/upload/files/78638876244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resurrection-life.net/userfiles/files/30440127086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55971367857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/gisaxiridilopudirivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aap0abfiql8h.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16640482327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec9e2c6a18---sirafakipamaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/70599171028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/88132519671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c3b0a97d5---xunegizipuramo.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_off0000d60b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60B 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 42a2e23fc40e4c791a527518338d4e2aa877c18c6c2f2a99098f0c6dc2bfb1f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB1 17372 bytes
SHA-256: de4a3c6754881585e1e82fb303c5f84f37bd14d7be98db9ce0e06fa6ce1864f7
font_02_sfnt_off00011af9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1