Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8029704dcde839aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:46:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e3ed6f472b9330614bc3b9f8ab3fa791 SHA-1: 92765ba4b0b76619793ff9da71467eed8ef26efa SHA-256: 8029704dcde839aa0795b56902ecbb4634a9d2f3e7ef0149b1b66f71dfbe232b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into installing a fake browser update or extension. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest a mechanism for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, aligning with common phishing and malware delivery techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathrubhumi+news+paper+today+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn7na8m37hfj8t320aon342ud1/zegijiwunusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0134fabc4fb855ea815fb74b4c63c0ac/letinebigoxuzepusonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3d33fb7b19---26360422801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgn7bb3j3tsa4ul370a2flch8e/tevalovoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5qokanfudgvia7dhudhck866o/nitepobixoxizimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads//files/202108072233336826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawujigizemulalexatubiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/37545326160b1716160540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/tojozitafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e605cbb0606---35651926789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/83476566354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/47523163498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/kofebobukoxotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ristovski.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/rigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c534feb8f935e7b7df9c5c710495238/wurisagubapeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e4dbdb005dbd5296da46129f1ce741/kodepifawogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/beladupikerujarofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8062c436c---98282776725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/95438210904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/12112469025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d4b2d80a3b---famudapemawadexosoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612141459e27d---jumur.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_off0000e683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE683 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE95 22408 bytes
SHA-256: 5c63d7d6258676541ed13fa943a3c2f8b6c81a26e1bf06b001e210c934801eae
font_02_sfnt_off000138db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138DB 11152 bytes
SHA-256: c2d1fc8a63b8ad0a50f56f8fab836c4abfe5fa9e8f810d004fc80db0971bdca2