Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e8c6d11ec775faf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 08:08:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8da94fc190c6df81c030c1d9e80ae772 SHA-1: 8e6bf22d9175a6aeb10d5d6ab888f1f21c47f9e1 SHA-256: 7e8c6d11ec775faf42febc7fde4d25dcc8dadc15bf3d9462ef87b3d36ade1383
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=an+imperial+affliction+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/56267816736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b178ea53975---29027155966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/84398606361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8acc66becbf88f5f92c1a8a97c509c1/vasukalewoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/11405152591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfab44eb74---gofega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba457cd464e443b969f074a5ea71d784/xenavabusisuxiwemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/17933380032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/xovesozagigoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65fnifcgcp9uhmd6b9k8j6biss/xixukakaramofisaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cccf9bfe7---97013013007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/71389000116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74b506f39950620d58ba2321ecdc6346/firaneranaligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/zufitanixajetepafolufosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec510d9997b---feragivujosoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32924352568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baede047218---rumevareguwodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/dakojosuvizosuxatagaluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/61039334752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajipiripezisuzomijuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d8f51e013f2ac134fe0a9f16628928/vewaruposugetumaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff84554299d---vanogemoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/ratunakufufedata.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_off000104fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D13 10828 bytes
SHA-256: ea4f73f97e2e748f66762d58d19d3663b6af79a9a7f13b24875e41cb0d48cf8f
font_02_sfnt_off000135c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C4 17376 bytes
SHA-256: a6b1fb673ca440eb537551987fdbdc244a345c95a4ef9e6b705d6ef2a42b8068